Cat a log of Train ing Prod ucts for

the Min ing In dus try — FY 2004

(Catálogo de Productos de 

Entrenamiento para la In du stria Minera - AF 2004)

U. S. De part ment of La bor

(Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos)

Mine Safety and Health Ad min is tra tion

(Administración de Salud y Seguridad de las Minas)

Na tional Mine Health and Safety Acad emy

(Ac a de mia Nacional de Salud y Seguridad de las Minas)
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Cat a log of Training Prod ucts for

the Mining In dus try — FY 2004

(Catálogo de Productos de 

Entrenamiento para la In du stria Minera - AF 2004)

U. S. De part ment of La bor

(Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos)

Elaine L. Chao

Sec re tary

(Secretaria)

Mine Safety and Health Ad min is tra tion

(Administración de Salud y Seguridad de la Minas)

Dave D. Lauriski

As sis tant Sec re tary

(Asistente de la Secretaria)
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In for ma tion and Prod ucts ........................................................... iii

Other Sources of Training Ma te rials .................................................. v

Mul ti me dia Training Materials....................................................... vi

Training Ma te rials................................................................. 21

Pocket Cards ..................................................................... 49

NIOSH Ma te rials ................................................................. 55

In for ma tional Re ports.............................................................. 79

His tor i cal Ma te rials................................................................ 83

Videotapes .................................................................... 83

Training Ma te rials............................................................... 89

In dex (By Sub ject) ................................................................ 91

In dex (By Ti tle) .................................................................. 103

Or der Form ...................................................................... 113

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Información Y Productos ........................................................... iv

Otras Fuentes de Materiales de Entrenamiento . ......................................... vi

Materiales de Mul ti me dia para Entrenamiento........................................... 1

Materiales de Entrenamiento ........................................................ 21

Tarjetas de Bolsillo ................................................................ 49

Materiales de NIOSH (Instituto Nacional para la Seguridad y Salud Ocupacionales) ............ 55

Reportes Informativos.............................................................. 79

Materiales Históricos .............................................................. 83

Videocintas .................................................................... 83

Materiales de Entrenamiento ...................................................... 89

Índice (Por Título) ................................................................ 111

Orden de Pedido .................................................................. 115

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TABLA DE CONTENIDOS 
INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the FY 2004 edition of the Catalog of Training Products for the Mining Industry. You will notice

some changes that we hope will make it easier for you to find the products you need. These changes are based

on comments received from you, our customers.

The Academy also publishes a catalog, Courses for MSHA and the Mining Industry. You can obtain copies of

this catalog from the address below.

HOW TO ORDER FROM THIS CATALOG

The items listed in this catalog can be ordered from:

National Mine Health and Safety Academy

Department of Instructional Materials

Printing and Property Management Branch

1301 Airport Road

Beaver, West Virginia 25813-9426

Phone: 304-256-3257

Fax: 304-256-3368

E-mail: MSHADistributionCenter@dol.gov

An order form is included in the back of the catalog for your convenience. Please allow 4-6 weeks for

delivery.

Advance payment in U.S. currency is required for all orders from foreign countries. All other orders may be

paid by check or purchase order. NOTE: We are unable to accept credit cards.

We will gladly provide further information on any item listed in this catalog, address any comments you may

have, or send you additional catalogs.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You can also obtain information on mine health and safety from the Academy’s Technical InformationCenter

and Library (TICL). The TICL is the largest library in the United States devoted to mine safety and health. The

library provides books, technical documents, photographs, maps, journal articles, and other materials in

various formats and features a wide selection of audiovisual materials. In addition to the primary collection of

mine safety and health materials, the library maintains extensive mine accident files, an archive of historical

mine disasters information in the United States and selected works on the sociology, history and cultures of

mining worldwide.

The TICL offers reference assistance to users by telephone, mail or email. For information call 304-256-3266

or email MSHALibrary@dol.gov.

The TICL’s online catalog and information about services are available at:

 http://www.msha.gov/TRAINING/LIBRARY/library.HTM

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INFORMATION AND PRODUCTS
INTRODUCCIÓN

Bienvenidos a la edición de FY 2004 del Catálogo de Productos por Enseñanza en la Minería. Usted notará

algunos cambios que nosotros esperamos hacérselo más fácil a usted encontrar los productos que usted necesita. 

Nosotros hemos basado estos cambios en las observaciones que hemos recibido de ustedes, nuestros clientes.

Los productos traducidos en español están inscritos por todo este catálogo y están indicados por el siguiente

símbolo (introducir el símbolo al imprimir – ). Se puede encontrar un índice separado, en español, en

la página 111.

CÓMO ENCARGAR DE ESTE CATÁLOGO

Se pueden encargar los artículos inscritos en este catálogo de:

National Mine Health and Safety Academy

Department of Instructional Materials

Printing and Property Management Branch

1301 Airport Road

Beaver, West Virginia 25813-9426

Teléfono: 304-256-3257

Fax: 304-256-3368

Correo electrónico: MSHADistributionCenter@dol.gov

Se incluye un formulario por encargar en la parte trasera del catálogo por su conveniencia. Por favor, deje

usted 4-6 semanas por entrega.

El pago adelantado en moneda estadounidense es necesario por todos los pedidos de países extranjeros. Se

puede pagar todos los otros pedidos por cheque o por orden de compra (Purchase Order). NOTA: Nosotros no

podemos aceptar tarjetas de crédito.

Con mucho gusto, nosotros le darmeos a usted información adicional sobre cualquier artículo en este catálogo,

responder a cualquiera observación que usted tenga, o enviarle a usted catálogos adicionales.

INFORMACIÓN ADICIONAL

Usted también puede obtener información sobre salud y seguridad en las minas en el Centro de Información

Técnica y Biblioteca de la Academia (TICL). TICL es la biblioteca más grande en los Estados Unidos dedicada 

a la seguridad y salud en las minas. La biblioteca proporciona libros, documentos técnicos, fotografías, mapas,

artículos de periódicos, y otros materiales en varios formatos y ofrece una selección amplia de materiales

audiovisuales. Además de la colección primaria de materiales de seguridad y salud en las minas, la biblioteca

mantiene un archivo extenso de los accidentes en las minas, y un archivo de información de desastres

históricos en minas en los Estados Unidos y obras escogidas en sociología, historia y culturas de las minas en el

mundo entero. 

TICL ofrece la asistencia de referencia a usuarios por teléfono, correo o correo electrónico. Por información

llame al 304-256-3266 o correo electrónico MSHALibrary@dol.gov. 

El catálogo en línea de TICL e información sobre los servicios están disponibles en: 

http://www.msha.gov/TRAINING/LIBRARY/library.HTM 

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INFORMACIÓN Y PRODUCTOS

ESPAÑOL
In addition to the Academy, several other sources produce training materials. These include the National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (former Bureau of Mines) and several states that participate in MSHA’s State Grants Program. Listed below are

the names, addresses, and phone numbers of these organizations.

(Además de la Academia, otras variadas fuentes producen materiales de entrenamiento. Éstos incluyen el Instituto Nacional para la

Seguridad y Salud Ocupacionales (antiguo Departa- mento de las Minas) y varios estados que participan en los Programas de

Subvenciones Estatales de MSHA. Listados debajo están los nombres, direcciones, y números de teléfono de estas organizaciones.)

MSHA STATE GRANTS PARTICIPANTS

(PARTICIPANTES DE LAS SUBVENCIONES

ESTATALES DE MSHA)

COLORADO

Mr. Bill York-Feirn

Supervisor of Mine Safety and Training

Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology

1313 Sherman St., Rm. 215

Denver, CO 80203

Telephone: 303-866-3650

Fax: 303-832-8106

E-mail: bill.york-feirn@state.co.us

CONNECTICUT

Dr. Stuart Bennett

Program Director

Central Connecticut State University

1615 Stanley Street

New Britain, CT 06050

Telephone: 860-832-1835

E-mail: Bennetts@ccsu.edu

FLORIDA

Mr. Ben Hart

Mine Safety Coordinator

Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Mine Reclamation

2051 East Dirac Drive

Tallahassee, FL 32310-3760

Telephone: 850-413-8192, ext. 27

Fax: 850-488-1254

E-mail: Ben.Hart@dep.state.fl.us

GEORGIA

Mr. Anthony Whitworth

Program Coordinator

Mine Safety and Health Training Program

Appalachian Technical College

100 Campus Drive

Jasper, GA 30143

Telephone: 706-253-4520

Fax: 706-253-4525

E-mail: awhitwor@apptec.org

ILLINOIS

Mr. Don McBride

Mine Safety Supervisor

Office of Mines and Minerals

503 East Main Street

Benton, Illinois 62812

ILLINOIS(continued)

Telephone: 618-439-9111

Fax: 618-438-8111

E-mail: dnrmm@midwest.net

NORTH CAROLINA

Mr. James Turner

Bureau Chief

Mine and Quarry Bureau

North Carolina Department of Labor

4 West Edenton Street

Raleigh, NC 27601-1092

Telephone: 919-807-2790

Fax: 919-807-2835

E-mail: jturner@mail.dol.state.nc.us

TEXAS

Mr. John Henderson

Program Coordinator

The University of Texas at Austin

P.O. Box 7518

Austin, TX 78713-7518

Telephone: 512-471-4633

Fax: 512-471-4695

E-mail: jhenderson@mail.utexas.edu

WEST VIRGINIA

Mr. Charles Johnson

Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training

1615 Washington Street, East

Charleston, WV 25311

Telephone: 304-558-1425 ext. 20

Fax: 304-558-6091

E-mail: cjohnson@mines.state.wv.us

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

AND HEALTH (NIOSH)

[INSTITUTO NACIONAL PARA LA SEGURIDAD Y

SALUD OCUPACIONALES (NIOSH)]

Ms. Bobbie Calhoun

Pittsburgh Reseach Center

P.O. Box 18070

626 Cochran Mill Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15236

Phone: 412-386-5901

Fax: 412-386-5902

E-mail: minetraining@cdc.gov

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OTHER SOURCES OF TRAINING MATERIALS

 (OTRAS FUENTES DE MATERIALES DE

ENTRENAMIENTO)
This section of the catalog lists all available multimedia training material.

DVDs (Dig i tal Ver sa tile Disc) and vid eo tapes are listed al pha bet i cally by

title. They of fer train ers unique op por tu ni ties to re in force key train ing ob -

jec tives, ex pand and en hance train ing ses sions, and add va ri ety to train ing

pro grams.

DVD tech nol ogy means more interactivity is avail able to both stu dent and

in struc tor – may be used for self-paced study or by an in struc tor in class -

room pre sen ta tions. It is sug gested you use the pro grams to com ple ment

train ing spe cific to your op er a tion. In or der to use the DVD pro gram,

YOU MUST HAVE A DVD SET-TOP PLAYER OR A DVD EQUIPPED

COMPUTER.

Where appropriate, coal-related items are designated (C) and metal/

nonmetal items are designated (MNM).

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS

All videotapes are available in VHS format and cost $8.00 per tape; 

DVDs cost $8.00 per disc.

Selected videotapes are available in SPANISH from:

Ms. Ruth Christianson

The Uni ver sity of Texas at Aus tin

Pro fes sional De vel op ment Cen ter

P.O. Box 7518

Aus tin, TX 78713-7518

Telephone: 512-471-4633

 800-687-7345

 Fax: 512-471-4695

 E-mail: rchristianson@mail.utexas.edu
Esta sección del catálogo lista todos los materiales de multimedia para entrenamiento disponibles.

DVDs (Disco Versátil Digital) y videocintas son listados alfabéticamente por el título. Ellos les ofrecen a los

instructores únicas oportunidades de reforzar los objetivos importantes de entrenamiento, extender y reforzar

las sesiones de entrenamiento, y agregar variedad al programa de entrenamiento.

La tecnología de DVD significa que más interactividad está disponible para ambos el estudiante y el instructor

para su auto-ritmo de estudio o para un instructor en las presentaciones en el aula. Se sugiere que usted use los

programas para complementar el entrenamiento específico a su funcionamiento. Para usar el programa de

DVD, USTED DEBE TENER UN APARATO REPRODUCTOR DE DVD O UNA COMPUTADORA

EQUIPADA CON DVD.

Donde sea apropiado, los artículos relacionados con el carbón son designados (C) y los artículos

metal/no-metal son designados (MNM).

MATERIALES DE MULTIMEDIA PARA

 ENTRENAMIENTO 

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Todos las videocintas están disponibles en formato VHS a un costo de $8.00

por cinta; DVDs a un costo de $8.00 por disco.

Seleccionadas videocintas están disponibles en ESPAÑOL con: 

Ms. Ruth Christianson

The Uni ver sity of Texas at Aus tin

Pro fes sional De vel op ment Cen ter

P.O. Box 7518

Aus tin, TX 78713-7518

Telephone: 512-471-4633

 800-687-7345

 Fax: 512-471-4695

 E-mail: rchristianson@mail.utexas.edu
Accident Reduction Program/Post Accident

Remedies, Technical Support (C/MNM)

This se ries con sists of vid eos of fer ing ways to pre -

vent ac ci dents be fore they hap pen. Tech ni cal Sup -

port con ducts field in ves ti ga tions, lab o ra tory

stud ies, and anal y ses to re solve spe cific prob lems.

MSHA is de vel op ing this video se ries in an at tempt

to help us learn from past ac ci dents. We are pro viding you with what we are call ing “Low Tech” rem edies.

The first video con sists of five sub ject ar eas:

1. New water spray system for continuous

mining machines

2. Safely changing cutting bits on a continuous

miner

3. Using drip pans and safely lubricating

conveyor systems

4. Using safety props for mobile equipment repairs

5. Mechanics taking the vehicle’s keys when

performing maintenance

MSHA 1999 25 min

Cat No: VC 959

Price: $8.00

Another Sunrise: A Close Call on a

Surge Pile (C)

This video re counts the res cue of a dozer op er a tor

from a coal surge pile ac ci dent. Em pha sis is placed

on re in forc ing dozer cabs to with stand burial pres -

sure, the role of ad vanced tech nol o gies in surge pile 

safety, and good safety prac tices and train ing.

MSHA 2002 9 min

Cat No: VC 104

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 107-S)

see description below.

Otra Salida del Sol: Una Llamada

Importante con una Pila de

Regulación (C)

Este video relata el rescate de un operador de

excavadora de un accidente en una pila de

regulación de carbón. Se pone énfasis en reforzar

las cabinas de la excavadora para resistir la presión

a enterramientos, el papel de las tecnologías

avanzadas en la seguridad con las pilas de

regulación, y buenas practicas de seguridad y

entrenamiento. 

MSHA 2002 9 minutos 

Número de

Catálogo: VC 107-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Anthracite: Pre-Shift Examinations of

Underground Mines

Video shows two mine fore men con duct ing typ i cal

pre-shift in spec tions at two dif fer ent un der ground

an thra cite mines.

MSHA 1994 31 min

Cat No: VC 806

Price: $8.00

Ask the Right Questions

De veloped in co op er a tion with the United Mine

Workers of Amer ica and Bi tu mi nous Coal Op er ator’s As so ci a tion – Joint In dus try Training Com mittee, “Ask the Right Ques tions” dis cusses what

needs to be done to iden tify sources of ac ci dents

and de ter mine pre ven tion meth ods at your mine.

Four types of phys i cal bar ri ers and five types of hu -

man bar ri ers are en acted and an a lyzed us ing ac cident anal y sis and prob lem iden ti fi ca tion (AAPI)

tech niques. This video is based on the con cept that

ask ing the right ques tions is fun da men tal to find ing

so lu tions to our ac ci dent prob lems.

MSHA 1992 29 min

Cat No: VC 848

Price: $8.00

Automatic Emergency Parking Brakes (as

required by 30 CFR 75.523-3)

This video dis cusses the ap pli ca tions of 30 CFR

75.523-3 to “all rub ber-tire, self-pro pelled elec tric

haul age equip ment used in ac tive work ings of an

un der ground coal mine – with the ex cep tion of per -

son nel car ri ers.” Each of the spe cific sub para graphs

of this man da tory stan dard is not only ex plained but 

also dem on strated to re in force the con cept.

MSHA 1992 17 min

Cat No: VC 846

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Ball Mill Safety (MNM)

De veloped co op er a tively by MSHA and Lehigh Port -

land Ce ment Com pany. Out lines the var i ous steps –

pre cau tions and pro ce dures – that must be taken to

safely and ef fi ciently shut down a ball mill, en ter, in -

spect, ser vice (re pair or per form rou tine main te nance),

and re start the op er a tion. Pro ce dures dis cussed/

dem on strated in clude: plan ning, crew se lec tion and 

brief ing, safe work per mits, elec tri cal lock out, iso -

lat ing main te nance area, hatch/door re moval, safe ac -

cess, ven ti la tion and re spi ra tory pro tec tion, weld ing/

cut ting, hatch/door in stal la tion, and cleanup.

MSHA 1988 17 min

Cat No: VC 933

Price: $8.00 

Best Practice Guide to the Milling of

Slate, A (MNM)

This video is de signed to raise aware ness of the dust 

and noise haz ards as so ci ated with the slate in dus try.

MSHA 2001 13 min

Cat No: VC 966

Price: $8.00

Blind Spots Can Kill! (C/MNM)

A haul truck driver and an elec tri cian dis cuss the

ac ci dent where a 240-ton haul truck drove over the

elec tri cian’s work ve hi cle. No one was in the ve hicle, but the elec tri cian’s one-ton truck was de -

stroyed. This video stresses the im por tance of

get ting the driver’s at ten tion when ever you’re near

a large haul truck and avoid get ting into a blind spot.

MSHA 1996 61

2

 min

Cat No: VC 821

Price: $8.00

Chemical Hazard Information (C/MNM)

Vir tu ally all chem i cal prod ucts are la beled

and have Ma te rial Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs),

when they are de liv ered to a mine. Many prod ucts

have haz ard ous com po nents that can harm min ers.

This video is in tended to train min ers to un der stand

how chem i cals can en ter the body (Routes of En try). 

It also teaches min ers the con tents of chem i cal la bels

and MSDSs, as well as how to in ter pret the tech ni cal

terms found on MSDSs. It can be shown to min ers as 

part of your train ing pro gram, ex plain ing a crit i cal

HazCom pro vi sion.

MSHA 2002 17 min

Cat No: VC 971

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 979-S)

see description below.

Información sobre riesgos químicos

Casi todos los productos químicos que

llegan a las minas vienen etiquetados y

tienen Hojas de Datos de Seguridad de Materiales

(MSDSs), sin em bargo, muchos productos tienen

componentes peligrosos que pueden afectar la salud 

de los mineros. El primer objetivo de este video es

capacitar a los mineros para que entiendan cómo los 

productos químicos pueden penetrar en su cuerpo

(vías de entrada). El segundo, es enseñar a los

mineros a leer las etiquetas de los productos

químicos y a interpretar los términos técnicos de las 

MSDSs. Esto puede complementar su programa de

capacitación para los mineros, ya que además le

permite explicar una disposición esencial de

comunicación de riesgos.

MSHA 2002 17 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 979-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Coal Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles and

Wastepiles

Using trucks to dis pose of waste ma te rial and build

coal stock piles are im por tant parts of the min ing op era tion, but ac ci dents can oc cur dur ing these ac tiv i ties

if ad e quate safety pre cau tions are not taken. The

video will il lus trate the most com mon haz ards at 

dump points and piles and will dem on strate rec ommended safety prac tices.

MSHA 1998 15 min

Cat No: VC 924

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 965-S)

see description on next page.

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Seguridad en los puntos de descarga:

pilas de almacenaje y de desperdicio

(carbón)

El uso de camiones para eliminar el ma terial de desperdicio y para hacer pilas de almacenaje

de carbón es una etapa importante de cualquier

operación minera. Sin em bargo, cualquier accidente 

puede ocurrir du rante esa etapa si no se toman las

medidas adecuadas en materia de seguridad. Este

video ilustrará los riesgos más comunes que hay en

las pilas y en los puntos de descarga y describirá el

tipo de medidas de seguridad que deben ser

tomadas.

MSHA 1998 15 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 965-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Conducting a Chemical Hazard

Determination (C/MNM)

MSHA’s HazCom re quires mine op er a tors to in ventory the chem i cals at their mines and de ter mine

which are haz ard ous. This video helps mine op er ators con duct that in ven tory by ex plain ing HazCom

and how it ap plies to the most com mon mine chem -

i cals. The video walks the viewer through

HazCom’s de ci sion pro cess of Chem i cal Haz ard

De ter mi na tion. It can also be shown to min ers as

part of your train ing pro gram, ex plain ing a crit i cal

HazCom pro vi sion.

MSHA 2002 12 min

Cat No: VC 977

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 980-S)

see description below.

Métodos de evaluación de riesgos

químicos

La comunicación de riesgos de la MSHA

requiere que los operadores mineros hagan un

inventario de los productos químicos que tienen en

sus minas y que determinen cuáles son peligrosos.

El objetivo de este video es ayudar a los operadores

mineros a llevar a cabo dicho inventario,

explicándoles cuáles son las comunicaciones de

riesgos y enseñándoles cómo se aplican a los

productos químicos más comunes en las minas. Este 

video in dica cómo seguir las comunicaciones de

riesgos para poder evaluar los riesgos químicos.

Esto puede complementar su programa de

capacitación para los mineros, ya que además le

permite explicar una disposición esencial de

comunicación de riesgos.

MSHA 2002 12 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 980-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Confined Spaces in Mining

Pro vides a gen eral def i ni tion for con fined spaces in

min ing, and dis plays com mon ex am ples of con fined

spaces. Sug gests safety guide lines for work ing in and 

around con fined spaces. In ad di tion, the per mit ting

pro cess for con fined space en try is out lined and 9 steps 

for safe con fined space en try and exit are de tailed.

Florida Dept. of En vi ron men tal

 Pro tec tion 1994 9 min

Cat No: VC 815

Price: $8.00

Control of Back Injuries in Mining

This video de fines the or i gin and his tory of Lower

Back Pain (LBP) and how the gen eral and min ing

in dus try can com bat musculoskeletal in ju ries, in -

clud ing back in ju ries.

BuM 1995 25 min

Cat No: VC 938

Price: $8.00

Customer and Delivery Truck Drivers Hazard

Training (MNM)

This video pro vides haz ard in for ma tion for truck ers

who fre quent mine sites. Covered are safe work be -

hav iors that will help truck driv ers avoid the dan -

gers of ground, elec tri cal, trans por ta tion, slip and

fall, and nu mer ous other haz ards that are com mon

in and around mine sites. This video co mes with an

8-page guide.

Penn State Uni ver sity 1997 10 min

Cat No: VC 920

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 983-S)

see description on next page.

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Capacitación de riesgos para los

choferes de camiones de reparto y de

los clientes

Este video familiariza a los choferes, que

llevan productos a las minas, con los factores de

riesgo más comunes que hay en la in du stria minera.

Además, recomienda algunos consejos para evitar

accidentes ocasionados por el terreno, la

electricidad, el transporte, los resbalones y caídas o

por otros riesgos inherentes a las minas. Este video

viene con una guía de ocho páginas.

Universidad del Estado 

de Pensilvania 1997 10 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 983-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Dawn of a New Day: Continuous Haulage

Safety (C)

This video ad dresses the haz ards as so ci ated with

con tin u ous face haul age sys tems.

MSHA 1998 23 min

Cat No: VC 861

Price: $8.00

Diesel Regulations — Heavy Duty Vehicles (C)

This video was de vel oped to pro vide as sis tance to

mine op er a tors, die sel equip ment man u fac tur ers,

and ven dors in im ple ment ing the fi nal phase of the

die sel reg u la tions. This video cov ers sec tions 75.1909, 

75.1910, and 75.1911 of the Code of Fed eral Reg u la tions.

MSHA 1999 16 min

Cat No: VC 944

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 987-S)

see description below.

Reglamentos para motores diesel -

Vehículos para servicio pesado

Este video fue concebido para ayudar a

los operadores mineros y a los fabricantes y

proveedores de equipos die sel a implementar la fase 

fi nal de las reglamentaciones para motores die sel.

Este video cubre las par tes 1909, 1910 y 1911 del

artículo 75 del Código Fed eral de Regulaciones.

MSHA 1999 16 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 987-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Diesel Regulations — Light Duty Vehicles (C)

This video was de vel oped to as sist mine op er a tors,

die sel equip ment man u fac tur ers, and ven dors with

the im ple men ta tion of the fi nal phase of the die sel

reg u la tions. This video cov ers sec tions 75.1909,

75.1910, and 75.1911 of the Code of Fed eral Reg u la tions.

MSHA 1999 11 min

Cat No: VC 949

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 988-S)

see description below.

Reglamentos para motores diesel -

Vehículos para servicio ligero

Este video fue concebido para ayudar a

los operadores mineros y a los fabricantes y

proveedores de equipo die sel a implementar la fase

fi nal de las reglamentaciones para motores die sel.

Este video cubre las par tes 1909, 1910 y 1911 del

artículo 75 del Código Fed eral de Regulaciones.

MSHA 1999 11 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 988-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles and Wastepiles

(MNM)

Using trucks to dis pose of waste ma te rial and build

stock piles are im por tant parts of many min ing op era tions, but ac ci dents can oc cur dur ing these ac tiv ities if ad e quate safety pre cau tions are not taken.

This video will il lus trate the most com mon haz ards

at dumps and piles and will dem on strate rec ommended safety prac tices.

MSHA 1997 14 min

Cat No: VC 858

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 975-S)

see description on next page.

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Seguridad en los puntos de descarga:

pilas de almacenaje y de desperdicio

El uso de camiones para eliminar el ma terial de desperdicio y para hacer pilas de almacenaje

es una etapa importante de cualquier operación

minera. Sin em bargo, cualquier accidente puede

ocurrir du rante esa etapa si no se toman las medidas 

adecuadas en materia de seguridad. El objetivo de

este video es mostrar los riesgos más comunes que

hay en las escombreras y pilas, y recomendar

procedimientos de seguridad.

MSHA 1997 14 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 975-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Dust Control – It’s Everyone’s Business

This vid eo tape is one of a se ries on sil ica dust and

sil i co sis. These pro grams are be ing pre pared jointly

by the Na tional In dus trial Sand As so ci a tion (NISA)

and the Mine Safety and Health Ad min is tra tion

(MSHA). This 19-min ute video dis cusses the im -

por tance of well-de signed and main tained dust con -

trol sys tems and pro ce dures to pre vent ex po sure to

dust con tain ing sil ica.

MSHA 1997 19 min

Cat No: VC 843

Price: $8.00

DUST – The Invisible Enemy (C/MNM)

This video de scribes the por tion of dust gen er ated

by min ing ac tiv i ties that causes dust-re lated lung

dis ease. Re spi ra ble dust, the small est, un seen par ticles, are breathed deep into the lungs. When this dust 

over loads the lungs’ abil ity to pro tect it self, dis ease

can re sult. The sources of re spi ra ble dust gen er a tion,

its com po si tion, and con trol are dis cussed.

MSHA 2000 15 min

Cat No: VC 960

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 954-S)

see description below.

Polvo - El enemigo invisible

En este video se explica la proporción de

polvo generada por las actividades

mineras que provoca las enfermedades pulmonares.

El polvo re spi ra ble, las pequeñísimas partículas in -

vis ibles que, al respirar, entran hasta lo más pro fundo de los pulmones. Cuando el polvo excede la

capacidad de autoprotección de los pulmones, se

puede contraer una enfermedad. En este video se

habla de las fuentes generadoras de polvo re spi rable, de su composición y de su con trol.

MSHA 2000 15 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 954-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Emergency Response Planning (Who Needs It?)

This video dis cusses the im por tance of small mine

op er a tions hav ing an Emer gency Re sponse Plan

(ERP), and dis cusses the plan ning, de vel op ment,

and proper use of the ERP.

Bu reau of Mines 1995 16 min

Cat No: VC 838 

Price: $8.00

Escape From Mine Fires

Il lus trates the im por tance of know ing ef fec tive

self-res cue and es cape pro ce dures in the event of a

mine fire. Two min ers de scribe their ex pe ri ences in

es cap ing a mine fire in 1988.

BuM 1990 49 min

Cat No: VC 882

Price: $8.00

Explosives Underground – Handling Explosives

in Modern Mines (MNM)

This video em pha sizes safety stan dards for the han -

dling and trans por ta tion of ex plo sive ma te ri als from 

sur face to un der ground mag a zines. It shows un derground stor age of ex plo sives, in spect ing ve hi cles

re quired to trans port ex plo sives un der ground, ex -

am in ing work places and scal ing pro ce dures, and

load ing and det o nat ing ex plo sives. It also in cludes

staged safety vi o la tions and a re view of an un derground blast ing ac ci dent.

NIOSH 1999 15 min

Cat No: VC 955

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Fall Protection: Your Lifeline to Safety (C/MNM)

This video pro vides an over view of the haz ards as -

so ci ated with do ing work at el e vated lo ca tions and

the im por tance of fall pro tec tion. Com mon types of

fall pro tec tion sys tems are pre sented, in clud ing per -

sonal fall ar rest and re straint de vices. Spe cial em -

pha sis is placed on the de vel op ment of site-spe cific

pol i cies and pro ce dures, with re gard to fall pro tection reg u la tions in the min ing in dus tries.

MSHA 2000 14 min

Cat No: VC 961

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 984-S)

see description below.

Protección contra caídas: Su línea de

vida hacia la seguridad

Este video presenta los riesgos asociados

con los trabajos que se efectúan en par tes elevadas y 

la importancia de los equipos con tra caídas. Este

video muestra los sistemas de protección con tra

caídas más comunes tales como los dispositivos

anticaídas personales y los de retención de

movimientos. Así mismo, se hace hincapié en el

hecho de cada mina desarrolle políticas y

procedimientos específicos que cumplan con las

normas de seguridad anticaídas.

MSHA 2000 14 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 984-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Fatal Alert: Entry Into Storage Silos

This video ad dresses the haz ards in volved in clean -

ing a stor age silo. You’ll hear from a res cue worker

who de scribes a re cov ery op er a tion of a worker

who fell into one of the si los.

MSHA 1999 11 min

Cat No: VC 943

Price: $8.00

Fire Suppression – How It Works (C)

Fire is one of the most feared events that can hap -

pen at a mine. This video em pha sizes the need for a

fire risk anal y sis of a piece of min ing equip ment.

With a prop erly sized, in stalled, and main tained fire 

sup pres sion sys tem, a fire could be con trolled and

ex tin guished.

MSHA 2000 15 min

Cat No: VC 952

Price: $8.00

First Aid Video (C/MNM)

De signed to be used with the First Aid Course to

con duct first aid train ing in the min ing in dus try.

NOTE: Span ish ver sion avail able on VHS vid eotape from the Uni ver sity of Texas at Aus -

tin (see page 1).

One vid eo tape cov ers the fol low ing eight sub jects:

 Pa tient As sess ment 6:28 min

 Ar ti fi cial Ven ti la tion 11:54 min

 Con trol of Bleeding 9:11 min

 Shock 7:54 min

 Wounds and Dress ing 10:44 min

 Burns and Scalds 5:28 min

 Musculoskeletal In juries 7:59 min

 Han dling and Trans por ta tion 10:17 min

NOTE: Sep a rate tapes on a sin gle sub ject are not

avail able.

MSHA 1990

Cat No: VC 886

Price: $8.00

Front-End Loader Safety (C/MNM)

Based upon re cords of ac tual min ing ac ci dents, this

video de scribes some of the fa tal i ties and in ju ries that 

can oc cur in the use (and mis use) of front-end load -

ers (par tic u larly if the op er a tor is in at ten tive, care -

less, dis obeys safety rules, and/or takes un nec es sary

chances). An a lyzes these ac ci dents and ex plains

causes and pre ven tive mea sures. Pres ents safe op erat ing pro ce dures for var i ous work as sign ments. De -

signed to mo ti vate front-end loader op er a tors to

adopt safe driv ing and op er at ing hab its and to de -

velop a pos i tive at ti tude to ward mine haul age safety 

in gen eral.

MSHA Rev 1994 14 min

Cat No: VC 862

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Geology of Roof Falls (C)

Stresses the im por tance of not ing changes in rock

strata. Pro gram fol lows a se quen tial change in roof

rocks, and de scribes the chang ing roof conditions. Each fall area is de scribed with col or ful il -

lus tra tions and pho tog ra phy to ex plain how weak -

nesses in the roof rock con trib uted to the falls.

NOTE: This video is a taped ver sion of the

slide-tape pro gram.

MSHA 1987 20 min

Cat No: VC 941

Price: $8.00

Good Berms Save Lives (MNM)

This in for ma tive video dis cusses one mine’s con -

cern about berms on their min ing prop erty. The

mine stud ied their berms us ing var i ous ma te ri als

and dif fer ent berm heights. The size and speed of

min ing equip ment, weather con di tions, and grades

also play a role in proper berm con struc tion.

MSHA 1998 15 min

Cat No: VC 928

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 976-S)

see description below.

Las bermas adecuadas salvan vidas

En este video informativo, una compañía

minera comparte los resultados de un

estudio que hicieron en su propiedad sobre las

bermas. En esta mina se hicieron pruebas con bermas 

de distintos materiales y alturas. El tamaño y la

velocidad del equipo minero, las condiciones

meteorológicas y el grado de inclinación también

influyen en la construcción adecuada de las bermas.

MSHA 1998 15 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 976-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Ground Support . . . It’s Important (Miner

Mike Saves the Day) (MNM)

An older, more ex pe ri enced miner “Mike” teaches

two new in ex pe ri enced min ers about the haz ards of

tak ing short cuts on the job and the im por tance of

proper ground sup port in metal/non metal mines. This 

video il lus trates the proper tech niques and pro ce dures

of drill ing and bolt ing for ad e quate ground sup port.

NIOSH 2000 33 min

Cat No: VC 956

Price: $8.00

Gypsum Mining (C/MNM)

Health and Safety Hazard Awareness - An Overview

This video is an over view of the ba sics of health

and safety haz ard rec og ni tion of many of the op er ations at a mine site. Your mine’s ed u ca tion and

train ing pro gram will cover many of these top ics in

much more de tail and in form you of spe cific pol icies at your mine. Re mem ber, you, the miner, are

the key in gre di ent in safety.

MSHA 2003 14 min

Cat No: VC 113

Price: $8.00

Harvey Roles I (MNM)

This video is a haz ard rec og ni tion and first aid

train ing video. It de picts a con trac tor ar riv ing at a

sur face mine to do some work. The lack of proper

haz ard train ing, in ad di tion to his pre oc cu pa tion

while driv ing, ul ti mately con trib utes to a near fa tal

ac ci dent. The video uses a clas sic con trast of a com -

pe tent and in com pe tent re sponse by two fel low

work ers to teach the proper pro ce dures for se cur ing

an ac ci dent scene, ap ply ing first aid prin ci ples, and

en gag ing the Emer gency Med i cal Sys tem (EMS).

This video co mes with an 8-page guide.

Penn State Uni ver sity 1997 13 min

Cat No: VC 921

Price: $8.00

Harvey Roles II (C)

This video is a first aid train ing video fea tur ing a re -

view of the fun da men tals of res cue tech niques fol -

low ing an elec tro cu tion. It re views the proper

pro ce dure for res cu ing a miner who has con tacted an

en er gized cir cuit, and dem on strates how to ad min ister CPR. This video co mes with an 8-page guide.

Penn State Uni ver sity 1997 13 min

Cat No: VC 922

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Haul Road and Dump Site Berms

(C/MNM)

This DVD* con tains dis cus sion top ics, pho tos, best

prac tice and safety tips, stan dards and pol icy (30

CFR Parts 56 and 77), and an in ter ac tive test

de signed to re in force learn ing. In ad di tion, there

are three com plete vid eos:

 Good Berms Save Lives 15 min

 Dump Point Safety (MNM) 14 min

 Coal Dump Point Safety 15 min

MSHA 2002

Cat No: DVD 001

Price: $8.00

* In or der to use the DVD pro gram, YOU MUST HAVE A DVD

SET-TOP PLAYER OR A DVD EQUIPPED COMPUTER.

Haulage and Hoisting in Underground

Anthracite Coal Mining

Var i ous haul age and hoist ing sys tems typ i cally found 

in an thra cite coal min ing ar eas are de picted and ex -

plained with ref er ence to any haz ards asso- ciated

with each sys tem as well as the mea sures needed for

com pli ance with ap pli ca ble 30 CFR reg u la tions.

NOTE: This video is a taped ver sion of the

slide-tape pro gram.

MSHA 1992 30 min

Cat No: VC 847

Price: $8.00

Hazard Communication (C/MNM)

This in ter ac tive dig i tal ver sa tile disc (DVD) 

con tains 2 pre vi ously-pro duced Haz ard Com mu nica tion vid eo tape pro grams, a brief in ter ac tive quiz,

and a de tailed in-depth look at MSHA’s HazCom

Stan dard. The ma te rial pro vides a broad look at

prop er ties and po ten tial safety and health haz ards of 

sub stances to which em ploy ees may be ex posed.

This ma te rial may not ad dress spe cific con di tions or 

equip ment at your mine, and there fore should be

used as a sup ple ment to your own mine-spe cific

train ing.

MSHA 2003

Cat No: DVD 003

Price: $8.00

* In or der to use the DVD pro gram, YOU MUST HAVE A DVD

SET-TOP PLAYER OR A DVD EQUIPPED COMPUTER.

Hazards and Safety Practices on Surge Piles

(MNM)

This video is de signed to make dozer op er a tors, min -

ers, and oth ers who work on or around surge piles

aware of the haz ards as so ci ated with surge piles and

in form them of the rec om mended safety prac tices.

MSHA 1997 11 min

Cat No: VC 859

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 989-S)

see description below.

Riesgos y procedimientos de seguridad 

en pilas de regulación

El objetivo de este video es concientizar a 

los operadores de topadoras, mineros y demás

trabajadores que laboran cerca de las pilas de

regulación acerca de los riesgos asociados a dichas

pilas, además de mostrar las mejores prácticas de

seguridad.

MSHA 1997 11 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 989-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Hazards of Coal Stockpiling Operations

This video shows what hap pens when min ers or

equip ment op er a tors are work ing on a surge pile and

the ma te rial un ex pect edly col lapses, breaks loose, or

starts to flow un der neath them. The di sas trous re sult

of be ing en gulfed in loose ma te rial – suf fo ca tion – is 

dem on strated by a work ing model of a surge pile.

The model shows how stock piles with drawholes and 

feed ers work, what takes place within the piles, the

prop er ties of flow ing ma te ri als, and how haz ard ous

con di tions can de velop at surge piles. In cluded are

ac tion scenes of heavy mo bile equip ment be ing used

around stock piles. The video em pha sizes rec og niz ing

stock pile haz ards and pre vent ing stock pile ac ci dents.

MSHA 1994 26 min

Cat No: VC 831

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
Hearing Conservation, MSHA’s Part 62

(C/MNM)

Noise is a haz ard that can di min ish or de stroy your

hear ing. This video shows the dif fer ent hear ing pro -

tec tors avail able and the proper way to wear them.

MSHA 2002 21 min

Cat No: VC 978

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 111-S)

see description below.

Conservación de la Audición, Parte

62 de MSHA (C/MNM)

El ruido es un riesgo que puede disminuir 

o puede destruir su audición. Este video muestra

diferentes protectores disponibles para los oídos y

la manera apropiada de llevarlos. 

MSHA 2002 21 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 111-S 

Precio: US$ 8.00 

Hidden Danger: Safety Improvements for

Surge Piles (C)

Pushing coal on a surge pile has been called the

most dan ger ous job at a prep plant. Nine teen min -

ers have lost their lives in surge pile ac ci dents since

l980 and there have been many other close calls. 

This video will show two ways to pro tect equip -

ment op er a tors from this dan ger: ex tra-strength cab 

win dows or re mote con trolled doz ers.

MSHA 2000 9 min

Cat No: VC 950

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 990-S)

see description below.

Peligro oculto: Mejoras de seguridad

para las pilas de regulación

Empujar carbón en pilas de regulación

siempre ha sido considerado como la la bor más

peligrosa en las plantas de preparación. Desde 1980, 

los accidentes en las pilas de regulación han dejado

un saldo de diecinueve mineros muertos sin contar a 

los lesionados. Este video muestra dos métodos

para proteger a los operadores de éste peligro:

vidrios reforzados y vehículos operados a con trol

remoto. 

MSHA 2000 9 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 990-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Highwall Hazard Recognition (C/MNM)

If your job puts you on or near highwall

op er a tions, you need to be es pe cially care ful. This

video shows an ex pe ri enced truck driver train ing a 

new em ployee about the dan gers of highwalls.

MSHA 2002 6 min

Cat No: VC 968

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 986-S)

see description below.

Identificación de riesgos en frentes de

corte alto

Si su trabajo tiene que ver con las

operaciones con frente de corte alto, sea muy

cuidadoso. En este video, un chofer con experiencia 

muestra a un nuevo empleado los peligros que

puede correr al trabajar en frentes de corte alto.

MSHA 2002 6 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 986-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Inby Roof Support

This video ex plores the myths/ex cuses min ers use

for go ing inby sup ported roof.

MSHA 1995 12 min

Cat No: VC 811

Price: $8.00

Inundation of Water and Ignition — Eyewitness 

Account (C)

A miner de scribes his in volve ment in a coal mine in -

un da tion and ex plo sion. The video stresses the im portance of test drill ing or ex am in ing aban doned ar eas.

MSHA 1994 12 min

Cat No: VC 823

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
It Can Happen to You (C)

Even with all re quired roof pro tec tion in place,

roof falls still can hap pen. This video stresses the im portance of al ways be ing aware of your work en vi ron ment

and the ever chang ing con di tions. You will hear from

two sur vi vors of roof fall ac ci dents, one a roof bolter,

and the other a con tin u ous miner op er a tor.

MSHA 2001 14 min

Cat No: VC 962

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 991-S)

see description below.

Esto le puede pasar a usted

A pesar de que se protejan los techos

siguiendo las normas, hay techos que pueden 

venirse abajo. Este video muestra lo importante que es

el estar siempre atento a todo lo que sucede en su

ambiente de trabajo debido a las condiciones siempre

cambiantes. En este video escuchará el testimonio de

dos supervivientes; un colocador de pernos y un

operador de minadores con tinuos.

MSHA 2001 14 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 991-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Locating and Rescue of Trapped Miners

(C/MNM)

This video de scribes the equip ment and meth ods

used to lo cate trapped min ers in an un der ground

mine en vi ron ment.

MSHA 1998 8 min

Cat No: VC 927

Price: $8.00

Lock Out and Tag for Safety

Main te nance work ers and elec tri cians in the min ing

and mill ing in dus tries are of ten ex posed to “live”

elec tri cal cir cuits and elec tric pow ered ma chin ery

and equip ment. They are also ex posed to the unexpected and ac ci den tal en er giz ing of equip ment they

can be work ing on – un less they cor rectly

deenergize, lock out, and tag the main power cir cuit

that sup plies cur rent to this equip ment. This video

de scribes the

proper pro ce dures for per form ing safe elec tri cal

lock out and test ing, and dra mat i cally il lus trates

what can hap pen if this is n’t done. Job safety train -

ing and fol low ing com pany safety pol i cies are

stressed as a means for pre vent ing such elec tri cal

ac ci dents.

Florida Dept. of En vi ron men tal

 Pro tec tion 1994 9 min

Cat No: VC 852

Price: $8.00

Maintaining Diesel Engines (C/MNM)

“Minimizing Exposure to Diesel Emissions –

 An Overview”

This video dis cusses the fol low ing points:

ˆ What is an ap proved die sel-pow ered en gine?

ˆ De-rat ing a die sel en gine for your mines’

el e va tion by au tho rized rep re sen ta tives.

ˆ Ad justing and main tain ing a die sel-pow ered

en gine.

ˆ Con ducting weekly emis sion tests to es tab lish

a base line.

ˆ Ben e fits of a die sel pro gram.

MSHA 2003 13 min

Cat No: VC 105

Price: $8.00

MERD — Mock Disaster (C)

This video doc u ments a Sim u lated Mine Emer gency

Prob lem held in an ac tive mine with 7 mine res cue

teams par tic i pat ing. The prob lem con sists of a re -

ported ex plo sion with smoke com ing out the re turn

air ways. The ven ti la tion con trols have been de -

stroyed, 16 min ers are un ac counted for, and the mine 

is lo cated in a re mote area. Com pany, state and fed -

eral in spec tors, state and lo cal po lice rep re sen ta tives,

lo cal emer gency per son nel, and a state life flight he -

li cop ter are used in the sim u la tion. The video also

dis cusses the les sons learned from the ex er cise.

MSHA 1998 17 min

Cat No: VC 926

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
No Big Deal (C/MNM)

This video high lights the suc cess story of a

rock driller who, while work ing on top of a highwall, 

sur vived a fall and was not in jured be cause he was

wear ing fall pro tec tion equip ment. The video con -

tains in ter views, in clud ing the per sonal ac count of

the ac ci dent. It also points out best prac tices re garding the dan gers of work ing on top of highwalls and

the proper use of per sonal fall pro tec tion equip ment.

MSHA 2002 9 min

Cat No: VC 973

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 108-S)

see description below.

Nada del Otro Mundo (C/MNM)

Este video resalta la historia exitosa de un 

taladrador de piedra que, mientras

trabajaba encima de un highwall, sobrevivió una

caída y no se lesionó porque él llevaba el equipo de

protección con tra caídas. El video contiene

entrevistas, incluso el relato per sonal del accidente.

También señala nuestras mejores prácticas con

respecto a los peligros de trabajar encima de

highwalls y el uso apropiado del equipo per sonal de 

protección con tra caídas. 

MSHA 2002 9 minutos 

Número de

Catálogo: VC 108-S 

Precio: US$ 8.00 

One Mission, One MSHA (C/MNM)

Mining is an oc cu pa tion where our min ers

face many dan ger ous work ing con di tions. This is

why the Mine Safety and Health Ad min is tra tion

(MSHA) was formed. This video is an over view of

our mis sion, which is to help im prove work place

safety and health con di tions in our Na tion’s mines

through en force ment, ed u ca tion and train ing, and

tech ni cal sup port.

MSHA 2003 11 min

Cat No: VC 974

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 100-S)

see following description.

Una Misión, Una MSHA (C/MNM)

La minería es una profesión difícil y

peligrosa. Por esa razón se creó la

Administración de Salud y Seguridad Minera

conocida como MSHA. Este video de scribe

brevemente nuestra misión: garantizar que se

cumplan las normas de salud y seguridad en todas

las minas del país, y brindar educación,

capacitación, y asistencia técnica.

MSHA 2003 11 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 100-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Pathway to Safety 1

When un der ground coal min ers take an un safe path

by fail ing to lock and tag out the elec tric ity when

mak ing re pairs, a miner loses his life. This video

shows how be ing in a hurry and do ing work in an

un safe man ner can have dev as tat ing and sad con sequences on our fam i lies and co work ers.

Zeigler Coal 1997 9 min

Cat No: VC 957

Price: $8.00

Also see:

 What You Can’t See Could Kill Someone! 

 (C/MNM) [Pathway to Safety 2] Page 20

 Smoking Safety (C) [Pathway to Safety 3]

 Page 17 

Plain Talk About a Serious Problem . . . Silicosis 

(C/MNM)

An in tro duc tion to sil i co sis, fol lowed by dis cus sion

of the me chan ics of dust, the re spi ra tory sys tem,

thresh old limit val ues (TLVs), and in di vid ual sus -

cep ti bil ity. Andy Grif fith nar rates.

NOTE: This video is a taped ver sion of the

slide-tape pro gram.

North Carolina De part ment of La bor

Mine and Quarry Di vi sion

1983 18 min

Cat No: VC 936

Price: $8.00

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Protective Canopy (A Survivor’s Story)

A taped in ter view with a roof fall sur vi vor who was

op er at ing a scoop with a pro tec tive can opy. The miner

tells in his own words how he sur vived af ter mine

roof, ap prox i mately 4 feet thick, fell on the scoop he

was op er at ing, trap ping him for at least 20 min utes.

Taped on lo ca tion in Madisonville, Ken tucky.

MSHA 1995 6 min

Cat No: VC 894

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 992-S)

see description below.

Cabina protectora (Historia de un

superviviente)

Filmado en Mad i son, Ken tucky, este

video relata la historia de un minero que, gracias a

la cabina de protección del vehículo que manejaba,

pudo sobrevivir a la caída de un techo. En sus

propias palabras, el minero cuenta cómo sobrevivió

cuando una parte del techo de la mina, de unos

cuatro pies de espesor, cayó sobre su vehículo,

atrapándolo al menos du rante 20 minutos.

MSHA 1995 6 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 992-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Reason for Change (Canopy Save)

Danny Terry sur vived a mas sive roof fall be cause

his ram car had a can opy. In his in ter view, Danny

ad mits he did not like can o pies, but now he is a firm 

be liever in can o pies . . . he would n’t run any equip -

ment with out one.

MSHA 1997 13 min

Cat No: VC 844

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 993-S)

see following description.

Un motivo para cambiar (la cabina

salvadora)

Gracias a la cabina de protección de su

vehículo, Danny Terry pudo sobrevivir a la caída de 

un enorme techo. Danny reconoce que si an tes del

accidente no le gustaban las cabinas de protección,

hoy día ni se le ocurriría trabajar si no tuviera una.

MSHA 1997 13 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 993-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Recovery of Farmington #9 – An Interview

With Danny Kuhn

Danny Kuhn nor mally worked the mid night shift at

the Farmington #9 Mine, as did the rest of the mine

res cue team. But on the night of No vem ber 20,

1968, Danny did not work his reg u lar shift be cause

of a knee in jury. A call came into his home and

some one asked his mother if he had worked last

night. Danny hur ried to the mine, hop ing there had

been only a small ex plo sion. In this video you hear

his ac count of the de struc tion he wit nessed and the

re cov ery pro cess used for find ing his co work ers.

NIOSH 2000 58 min

Cat No: VC 958

Price: $8.00

Reducing Dust Inside Enclosed Cabs

(C/MNM)

This video de scribes the need for struc tural sta bil ity

of the cab, proper seal ing of cracks and doors for

im proved pos i tive pres sure, and the proper

placement of the dust fil tra tion sys tem.

NIOSH 2002 7 min

Cat No: VC 972

Price: $8.00

“Reflections” Mining History (C)

Shows the evo lu tion of health and safety

laws and the role of the su per vi sor.

MSHA 2002 11 min

Cat No: VC 969

Price: $8.00

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Respirators – Your Last Defense

There are many dif fer ent styles, types, sizes,

and shapes of res pi ra tors and their pur pose is to clean 

the air you breathe. This video will fo cus on res pi rators’ most com mon use – pro tec tion from sil ica dust.

We hope this video will help you to un der stand how

im por tant your res pi ra tor is in pro tect ing your health.

MSHA 2002 21 min

Cat No: VC 982

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 109-S)

see description below.

Respiradores–Su Última Defensa 

Hay muchos diferentes estilos, tipos,

tamaños, y formas de respiradores y su

propósito es el de limpiar el aire que usted respira.

Este video enfocará en los usos más comunes de los 

respiradores–protección con tra el polvo de sílice.

Nosotros esperamos que este video le ayudará a

usted a entender lo importante que es el respirador

protegiendo su salud. 

MSHA 2002 21 minutos 

Número de

Catálogo: VC 109-S 

Precio: US$ 8.00 

Rock Falls – Preventing Rock Fall Injuries in

Underground Mines (MNM)

This video dem on strates work pro ce dures used by

un der ground min ers to de tect un sta ble ground con ditions and tech niques to pro tect min ers from in ju ries

due to rock falls. It also dem on strates vi sual ex am ina tion and sound ing tech niques, safe man ual scal ing

pro ce dures, and ground sup port sys tems. These tech -

niques are shown through a typ i cal min ing cy cle.

NIOSH 1999 20 min

Cat No: VC 981

Price: $8.00

Roof and Rib Control (C)

Pres ents a broad over view of roof/rib haz -

ards in the un der ground coal min ing in dus try, and

il lus trates the need for roof and rib con trol. Topics

cov ered in this video in clude roof and rib eval u ations, the roof con trol plan, sources of roof/rib haz -

ards, proper in stal la tion of roof sup ports, re treat

min ing, long wall min ing, MRS units, ATRS units,

in for ma tion and tech ni cal sup port. 

MSHA 2003 15 min

Cat No: VC 112

Price: $8.00

Roof and Rib Fall Accident Statistics, An

Overview of (C)

De signed to ex am ine past and cur rent roof and rib

fall ac ci dent trends, and costs in volved. By an a lyzing these trends it will pres ent a clearer pic ture as to 

what ar eas of the min ing cy cle and work place need

to be ex am ined fur ther, and in di cate what has to be

done to re duce the phys i cal and fi nan cial dam age

that re sult from such ac ci dents.

NOTE: This video is a taped ver sion of the

slide-tape pro gram.

MSHA 1988 15 min

Cat No: VC 942

Price: $8.00

Roof Fall Entrapment: Eye Witness Accounts (C)

Three min ers who ei ther wit nessed or were in -

volved in a roof fall ac ci dent dis cuss their ex pe riences, thoughts and re newed re spect for com ply ing

with safe work pro ce dures and main tain ing roof

sup port sys tems. These vid eo tapes are de signed to

mo ti vate min ers to be more aware of roof con ditions and to com ply with roof con trol plans.

This pro gram con sists of three (3) video, one for

each in ter view, with ac com pa ny ing in struc tions to

pro mote in ter ac tion of the view ers.

MSHA 1992

Title/Catalog No.

Eyewitness Accounts:

 Dave Garry (VC 865) 15 min

 Larry Strayer (VC 866) 14 min

 Dave Murone (VC 867) 10 min

Price: $8.00 each title

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Roof Fall Entrapment: Survivors’ Accounts (C)

Two min ers who were in volved in a roof fall ac ci dent

dis cuss their ex pe ri ences, thoughts, and re newed re spect

for com ply ing with safe work pro ce dures and main taining roof sup port sys tems. These vid eo tapes are de signed

to mo ti vate min ers to be more aware of roof con di tions

and to com ply with roof con trol plans. This pro gram

con sists of two in ter views on one vid eo tape.

MSHA 1993

Cat No: VC 837

Survivors’ Account:

Donzil Cutlip 13 min

 Larry Clevenger 14 min

Price: $8.00

Safety Issues in Deep Cut Mining (Small Mines

Tech Transfer)

This video ad dresses the er go nomic prob lems in

deep cut min ing (cuts greater than twenty feet) and 

what ac tions can be taken to help find and to help

for mu late so lu tions in solv ing these prob lems.

BuM 1995 17 min

Cat No: VC 939

Price: $8.00

Safety On or Near the Water (MNM)

This video dis cusses the haz ards of work ing on or

near the wa ter and the pre cau tions that need to be

taken to pro tect the work ers in this sit u a tion.

MSHA 1998 14 min

Cat No: VC 925

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 994-S)

see description below.

La seguridad en el agua o cerca de ella

En este video se habla de los riesgos que

pueden correr los mineros que trabajan en 

el agua o cerca de ella, y de las precauciones que

deben tomarse para prevenir accidentes.

MSHA 1998 14 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 994-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Safety on the Move: Truck Haulage Safety

(C/MNM)

The cam era con veys at mo sphere and move ment

around an open pit min ing op er a tion. Shows huge

haul age trucks in ac tion. De picts how truck op er a tors

en coun ter dif fi cult, dan ger ous, emer gency driv ing sit -

u a tions while per form ing as signed du ties. Points out

ex ist ing and po ten tial haz ards of truck haul age by

reenactment of some of the most fre quently-oc cur ring

ac ci dents. Ex plains causes of these ac ci dents and out -

lines cor rec tive steps nec es sary to pre vent their re currence. Stresses on-the-job safety train ing and a truck

driver’s per sonal safety re spon si bil ity through out.

MSHA Rev 1995 13 min

Cat No: VC 828

Price: $8.00

Safety Procedures in Kiln Rebricking (MNM)

Kiln rebricking is a very dan ger ous job. Shot on lo -

ca tion, this pro gram em pha sizes haz ard rec og ni tion

and safe job pro ce dures.

MSHA 1986 16 min

Cat No: VC 895

Price: $8.00

Safety Tips (Working Beside Highwalls)

(C/MNM)

To in crease your aware ness of highwall safety, this

video lets you fol low a su per vi sor as he makes his

rounds at a sur face mine op er a tion.

MSHA 2002 5 min

Cat No: VC 970

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 985-S)

see description below.

Consejos de seguridad para trabajar al

lado de los frentes de corte alto

Para que esté más consciente de los

riesgos que implica el trabajar en los frentes de

corte alto, este video muestra el trabajo de un su pervi sor du rante una de sus rondas.

MSHA 2002 5 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 985-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

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Scaling

Scaling, the tak ing down of loose ma te rial from the

roof, face and rib in hard rock min ing. This vid eo tape

will re mind you of some of the safety pro ce dures and 

com mon sense prac tices to use dur ing scal ing.

MSHA 1996 101

2

 min

Cat No: VC 836

Price: $8.00

Scientific Look At Back Belts

This video dis cusses the sci en tific ap proach to the

ben e fits, and nonbenefits, as so ci ated with wear ing

back belts.

BuM 1995 16 min

Cat No: VC 937

Price: $8.00

Seat Belt Success Story - Part I - By Terry

Sanders (C/MNM)

This video tells of an ac ci dent that oc curred in

1980, when an off-road truck lost its power and

brakes and went down a moun tain back ward. The

truck was de stroyed and the driver states that he is

alive be cause he was wear ing his seat belt.

MSHA 1996 5 min

Cat No: VC 833

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 995-S)

see description below.

Un cinturón de seguridad cumple su

misión - Parte I - por Terry Sanders.

Este video relata un accidente que ocurrió 

en 1980 cuando a un camión para todo tipo de

terreno se le descompuso el mo tor, los frenos, se fue 

de reversa y cayó de una montaña. El camión quedó 

completamente destrozado y el con duc tor asegura

que se salvó gracias al cinturón de seguridad que

traía puesto.

MSHA 1996 5 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 995-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Seat Belt Success Story - Part II - (The Roger

Newman Story) (C/MNM)

This video tells how a bull dozer op er a tor sur vived a 160 

foot fall from a highwall while buck led in with his seat

belt. He mi rac u lously walked away from the ac ci dent.

MSHA 1996 7 min

Cat No: VC 834

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 996-S)

see description below.

Un cinturón de seguridad cumple su

misión - Parte II - (La historia de Roger

Newman)

Este video de scribe como un operador de buldózer

sobrevivió a una caída de 160 pies que ocurrió

cuando trabajaba en un frente de corte alto, gracias

al cinturón de seguridad que traía puesto.

Milagrosamente se salvó del accidente.

MSHA 1996 7 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 996-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Self-Contained Self-Rescuer, The

Inspection, Care and Use of the CSE

SR-100 (C)

Un der ground coal min ers work in an en vi ron ment

that is safer and health ier than ever be fore; but, if

you should ever need to es cape from your mine

through un breath able air, the SR-100 self-con tained

self-res cuer will sup ply about 100 li ters of ox y gen,

or one hour of use. This video will de scribe the im -

por tance of proper in spec tions, care, and use of this

life sav ing ap pa ra tus.

MSHA 2003 18 min

Cat No: VC 883

Price: $8.00

Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs), An

Efficient Method for Donning (C)

Pro gram shows a method for rap idly don ning a

self-con tained self-res cuer (SCSR). Miners who have 

lit tle or no hands-on ex pe ri ence can quickly don an

SCSR af ter learn ing the po si tion and sim pli fied tech -

nique shown in this pro gram. In di vid ual vid eo tapes

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are avail able for self-res cu ers man u fac tured by

Draeger and Ocenco. Each vid eo tape in cludes

printed in struc tor’s man ual, “An Ef fi cient Method

for Donning the Self-Con tained Self-Res cuer

(SCSR),” which care fully ex plains how to eval u ate

and con duct train ing ac tiv i ties in this SCSR don ning

method.

MSHA 1987

Title/Catalog No.

Draeger (VC 912) 9 min

Ocenco (VC 914) 12 min

Price: $8.00 each title

Silicosis: A Preventable Disease (MNM)

An em ployee’s ques tions about the health ef fects of 

sil ica dust ex po sure are an swered.

MSHA 1999 17 min

Cat No: VC 929

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 997-S)

see description below.

Silicosis : una enfermedad que se

puede prevenir

En este video vemos cómo un médico

responde las preguntas de un empleado acerca de

los riesgos que representa el trabajar con sílice.

MSHA 1999 17 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 997-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Slips, Trips, and Falls

Var i ous types of slip/trip/fall ac ci dents are de picted–

at sur face mines, plants, on dredges, and in of fices.

This video stresses the im por tance of work ers think -

ing safety – and be ing alert, ob ser vant, and cau tious.

Spe cial em pha sis is placed on proper climb ing pro cedures (lad ders, stair ways); good house keep ing

(clean ing spills, re mov ing trip ping ob jects); and fol -

low ing com pany safety rules. Con cluding mes sage is

that the best way to pre vent slip, trip, and fall ac cidents is through ef fec tive safety train ing, com bined

with safe work prac tices.

Florida Dept. of En vi ron men tal

 Pro tec tion 1994 9 min

Cat No: VC 851

Price: $8.00

Smoking Safety (C) [Pathway to 

Safety 3]

This dra matic video stresses the im por tance of not

smok ing in an un der ground coal mine.

Ziegler Coal Co. 2001 6 min

Cat No: VC 964

Price: $8.00

Stay Calm and Stay in the Cab!

In this video you’ll hear how a bull dozer op er a tor

felt while he was bur ied in a surge pile cav ity, and

how his com pany’s safety ef forts, be fore and dur ing

the ac ci dent, con trib uted to his safe re cov ery.

MSHA 1999 12 min

Cat No: VC 940

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 998-S)

see description below.

¡Tranquilícese y quédese en la cabina!

En este video un operador de buldózer

relata qué fue lo que sintió cuando quedó

enterrado en una cavidad de una pila de regulación,

y cómo, gracias al apoyo de su compañía, an tes y

du rante el accidente, pudo recuperarse.

MSHA 1999 12 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 998-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Stay Out of the Danger Zone (C)

This video de scribes sev eral fa tal i ties that oc curred

with the use of re mote con trolled con tin u ous min ing

ma chines. You will also hear from a sur vi vor of a

con tin u ous min ing ma chine ac ci dent as he de scribes

his in ju ries and stresses the im por tance of stay ing out 

of the dan ger zones of this type of min ing equip ment.

MSHA 1999 12 min

Cat No: VC 945

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 999-S)

see description on following page.

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No se acerque a la zona de peligro

Este video de scribe varios accidentes

mortales ocasionados por el uso de

minadores con tinuos controlados a distancia.

También escuchará los consejos de un superviviente 

que comparte su experiencia y enfatiza la

importancia de mantenerse alejado de ese tipo de

equipo minero.

MSHA 1999 12 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 999-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Stop Silicosis

This film (cop ied to vid eo tape) was pro duced by the 

U.S. De part ment of La bor in 1938 and fea tures an

in tro duc tion by then Sec re tary of La bor Fran ces

Perkins. This short black and white film pres ents

the causes of sil i co sis and ex plains how the dis ease

can be pre vented. “Stop Sil i co sis” was shown as

part of a Fed eral sil i co sis-pre ven tion cam paign that

was ini ti ated by Sec re tary Perkins.

USDOL 1938 12 min

Cat No: VC 826

Price: $8.00

Surge Pile Survivor (C)

A near miss in ci dent oc curred on the sur -

face at an un der ground coal mine. Mike Gilbert, a

mo bile equip ment op er a tor, tells his story about

how he was res cued when his bull dozer be came en -

trapped in a void.

MSHA 2003 8 min

Cat No: VC 106

Price: $8.00

Survivor Stories of the Coal Mining

Industry (C)

This in ter ac tive dig i tal ver sa tile disc (DVD) is a

col lec tion of seven pre vi ously-pro duced vid eo tape

pro grams de pict ing sur vi vor sto ries. It provides a

broad look at var i ous min ing op er a tions but may

not ad dress spe cific con di tions or equip ment at your

mine, and there fore should be used as a sup ple ment

to your own mine-specific train ing.

MSHA 2003

Cat No: DVD 002

Price: $8.00

* In or der to use the DVD pro gram, YOU MUST HAVE A DVD

SET-TOP PLAYER OR A DVD EQUIPPED COMPUTER.

The Time Was Right! Mary Lou George (C/MNM)

From miner's daugh ter to MSHA mine in spec tor —

Mary Lou George tells her in spir ing story. She ad -

vises to watch out for oth ers and your self; never lose

re spect for the mine; and never for get about safety.

MSHA 1998 12 min

Cat No: VC 923

Price: $8.00

Timbering in Underground Anthracite Mines

Tim bering is the most com mon roof sup port method

used in un der ground an thra cite mines. The sys tem of

tim ber ing is gov erned by the char ac ter of the top and

bot tom, thick ness of the coal vein, pitch of the coal

vein, life of the en try, haul age sys tem, and the op er ator’s ap proved roof con trol plan. This vid eo tape dem -

on strates the fun da men tals and char ac ter is tics used in

in stall ing typ i cal tim ber sets: sin gle prop, post and bar 

(two-piece sets), and “dou ble tim ber” (three-piece sets).

MSHA 1994 54 min

Cat No: VC 807

Price: $8.00

Truck Haulage Safety Series (C/MNM)

The fol low ing seven vid eo tapes were pro duced as a

se ries; how ever, they can be pur chased in di vid u ally.

• Brakes, Grades, and Runaways – Highway Trucks

Re views im por tant prin ci ples of haul road de -

sign and main te nance, brak ing sys tem in spection and main te nance, and driver pro ce dures for

han dling high way truck run aways. Topics cov -

ered in clude: road de sign; road main te nance;

berms; brakes; and run aways.

MSHA 1995 18 min

Cat No: VC 873

Price: $8.00

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• Brakes, Grades, and Runaways – Off-Road Trucks

Re views im por tant prin ci ples of haul road de sign

and main te nance, brak ing sys tem in spec tion and

main te nance, and driver pro ce dures for han dling

off- road truck run aways. Topics cov ered in -

clude: road de sign; road main te nance; berms;

brakes; and run aways.

MSHA 1995 18 min

Cat No: VC 872

Price: $8.00

• Highway Haulage Truck Inspection Conducted by

MSHA Inspectors

Pres ents a typ i cal se quence of pro ce dures fol lowed

by an MSHA in spec tor dur ing ex am i na tion of a

high way haul age truck. Topics cov ered in clude:

in spec tion lo ca tion; cab in spec tion; safety ap pliances; pa per work; steer ing sys tem; hand holds and

steps; wheels and rims; sus pen sion com po nents;

brakes and brak ing sys tems; ex haust sys tem; and

in spect ing the frame of the bed or trailer.

MSHA 1995 18 min

Cat No: VC 853

Price: $8.00

• Inspection of Off-Road Haulage Trucks by an

MSHA Inspector

Pres ents a typ i cal se quence of pro ce dures fol lowed

by an MSHA in spec tor dur ing ex am i na tion of an

off-road haul truck. Topics cov ered in clude: inspec tion lo ca tion; fluid-car ry ing lines and steer ing

com po nents; sus pen sion com po nents; tires and

wheels; truck bed; lights and mount ings; cab; safety 

ap pli ances; and brakes and brak ing sys tem parts.

MSHA 1995 13 min

Cat No: VC 850

Price: $8.00

• Pre-Operation Inspection of Highway Haulage

Trucks by the Driver

De scribes a typ i cal se quence of in spec tion pro cedures fol lowed by driv ers who op er ate high way

haul age trucks. Topics cov ered in clude: in spec tion

lo ca tion; un der-the-hood check; tires and wheels;

steer ing com po nents; sus pen sion com po nents;

trailer or bed frame; cab; safety ap pli ances; and

brakes and brak ing sys tems.

MSHA 1995 10 min

Cat No: VC 863

Price: $8.00

• Pre-Operation Inspection of Off-Road Haulage

Trucks by the Driver

De scribes a typ i cal se quence of in spec tion pro cedures fol lowed by driv ers who op er ate off-road

haul age trucks. Topics cov ered in clude: in spec tion

lo ca tion; per sonal pro tec tive equip ment; fluidcar rying lines; truck bed; lights and mount ings;

cab; safety ap pli ances; steer ing; and brakes and

brak ing sys tems.

MSHA 1995 16 min

Cat No: VC 855

Price: $8.00

• Visibility and Communications: Off-Road and

Highway Trucks (C/MNM)

This video dis cusses the vis i bil ity and com mu ni cation prob lems as so ci ated with off-road and high -

way haul age trucks. Topics cov ered in clude: driver 

aware ness; good com mu ni ca tion sys tems; night

driv ing; weather con di tions; road de sign and main -

te nance; traf fic con trols; truck lights, wip ers, and

alarms; blind ar eas; and ad di tional light ing.

MSHA 1996 18 min

Cat No: VC 869

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 814-S)

see description below.

•Visibilidad y Comunicaciones: Camiones

que Se Manejan Fuera de la Carreteara y

Sobre la Carretera (C/MNM)

Este vídeo discuta los problemas de visibilidad y de

comunicación que están asociados con camiones de

transporte que manejan ambos fuera de la carretera

y sobre la carretera. Los asuntos incluidos son: 

conocimiento del con duc tor; bue nos sistemas de

comunicación; manejar por la noche; condiciones

del tiempo; diseño y mantenimiento del camino;

controles del tráfico; luces del camión,

limpiaparabrisas, y alarmas; puntos ciegos del ojo; y 

alumbrado adicional.

 MSHA 1996 18 minutos

 Número de

 Catálogo: VC 814-S

 Precio: US$ 8.00

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Underground Electrical Safety (C)

This AEP (Amer i can Elec tric Power) video

dis cusses some of the more com mon types of elec -

tri cal haz ards that may be found in un der ground

mines. It will ben e fit cer ti fied elec tri cians as a re -

view, and the gen eral un der ground min ing pop u lation will learn about ba sic elec tri cal safety.

AEP 2001 19 min

Cat No: VC 963

Price: $8.00

What Does the Term Silicosis Mean to You?

(C/MNM)

This video is de signed to raise the aware ness of sil ico sis in the work place and to stim u late a dis cus sion

of the dis ease.

MSHA 1998 13 min

Cat No: VC 913

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 101-S)

see description below.

¿Qué significa para usted la palabra

silicosis?

Este video fue concebido para despertar

el interés por la sil i co sis en los lugares de trabajo y 

para fomentar la discusión de esta enfermedad.

MSHA 1998 13 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 101-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

What You Can’t See Could Kill Someone!

(C/MNM) [Pathway to Safety 2]

Blind spots around haul trucks is a ma jor prob lem

for min ing op er a tions. To com bat this prob lem,

MSHA asked com pa nies to put cam eras on their

trucks on an ex per i men tal ba sis. This video con -

tains in ter views with driv ers who used cam eras

on their trucks and the safety ben e fits they re -

ceived.

MSHA 2000 17 min

Cat No: VC 951

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 102-S)

see following description.

¡Lo que no ve puede matar a alguien!

[Sendero hacia la seguridad 2]

Los ángulos muertos de los camiones de

transporte son el mayor problema en la minería.

Para combatirlos, la MSHA pidió a ciertas

compañías que pusieran cámaras en sus camiones

como parte de un trabajo ex per i men tal. En este

video, varios conductores hablan de los resultados

positivos obtenidos gracias a las cámaras.

MSHA 2000 17 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 102-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Winter Alert (C)

This video de scribes the four lines of de fense to

guard against mine ex plo sions. The four in ter related lines of de fense are ven ti la tion, ex am i na tions,

ig ni tion sources, and rock dust ing. Proper at ten tion

to each of these ar eas can greatly re duce the

chances of an ex plo sion at your mine.

MSHA 2000 13 min

Cat No: VC 953

Price: $8.00

Also available in Spanish (VC 103-S)

see description below.

Alerta en los meses de invierno

Este video de scribe las cuatro líneas de

defensa que hay para protegerse de las

explosiones mineras. Las cuatro líneas de defensa son

la ventilación, los monitoreos, las fuentes de ignición y 

el polvo de roca. El dar una atención es pe cial a esas

cuatro áreas puede reducir en gran medida las

probabilidades de que haya una explosión en su mina.

MSHA 2000 13 minutos

Número de

Catálogo: VC 103-S

Precio: US$ 8.00

Winter Alert: The Sonman Mine Disaster (C)

This win ter alert video gives a his tor i cal re view of

the Sonman Mine di sas ter of the 1940s by re-cre at ing

un der ground scenes that dra ma tize the di sas ter for a 

last ing im pres sion.

MSHA 1998 11 min

Cat No: VC 911

Price: $8.00

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MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS
This section is an alphabetical listing of the available printed programs. These programs fall into

several different categories. The following is a list of the various categories used in this section,

along with the letter code used.

(Esta sección es una lista alfabética de los programas impresos disponibles. Estos programas

entran en varias categorías diferentes. Lo siguiente es una lista de las variadas categorías

usadas en esta sección, junto con el código de la carta usado.)

Abandoned and Active Mines, Dangers Around

(C/MNM)

This book let high lights the dan gers in and around

aban doned and ac tive mine sites. It can also be used 

by children as a col or ing book.

MSHA Rev 2003 31 pp

Cat No: OT 7

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Accident Analysis and Problem Identification

for Coal Mines

In tro duc tion to Ac ci dent Anal y sis and Prob lem

Iden ti fi ca tion (AAPI), a method for ex am in ing

and cor rect ing ac ci dent prob lems in coal mines.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 81 pp

Student’s Text 79 pp

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: IG 67 (Instructor’s Guide)

IG 67a (Student Text)

Price: Free of charge (1 book/guide)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Accident Analysis and Problem Identification

for Metal/Nonmetal Mines

In tro duc tion to Ac ci dent Anal y sis and Prob lem Iden -

ti fi ca tion (AAPI), a method for ex am in ing and cor -

rect ing ac ci dent prob lems in metal/non metal mines.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 81 pp

Student’s Text 79 pp

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: IG 68 (Instructor’s Guide)

IG 68a (Student’s Text)

Price: Free of charge (1 book/guide)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

Accident Investigation (C/MNM)

Reg u la tions specify that cer tain ac ci dents must

be in ves ti gated. This man ual deals with the tech -

ni cal as pects of ac ci dent in ves ti ga tions. It in cludes:

Ac cident Pre ven tion, In ves ti ga tive Pro ce dures, Equip -

ment and Sup plies, Fact Find ing, In ter views, Prob lem

Solving Tech niques, and Re port of In ves ti ga tion.

Note to Trainer: Although written for mine

accidents, principles described may be applied in

other industries.

MSHA Rev 2002 38 pp

Cat No: SM 10

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Accident Prevention (C/MNM)

De fines and de scribes ac ci dents and causes of ac cidents. Ex plains what is in volved in ef fec tive ac cident pre ven tion pro grams in min ing. In cludes a

study of ac ci dent causes at all lev els and the means

of deal ing with those causes.

MSHA Rev 2003 28 pp

Cat No: SM 4

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS 

(MATERIALES DE ENTRENAMIENTO)

CI Course of Instruction OT Other Material PI Programmed Instruction Book

(CI Curso de Instrucción) (OT Otro Material) (LA PI Libro de Instrucción Programado)

IG Instructional Guide SM Safety Manual

(IG Guía Instructiva) (SM Manual de Seguridad)
Advanced Mine Emergency Operations

(C/MNM)

These ma te ri als were de signed for use in the Mine

Sim u la tion Lab o ra tory to con duct Mine Emer gency

Re sponse Di sas ter ex er cises. The ma te ri als can be

mod i fied to be used in other sim u lated set tings. In -

cludes an In struc tor’s Guide for con duct ing the ex -

er cise and a Stu dent’s Text for those who will be

per form ing the ex er cise. NOTE: IG 16, Prin ci ples

of Mine Res cue, is a part of this pro gram. Copies

need to be or dered when CI 4 is or dered.

MSHA 1992

Books

Instructor’s Guide (C) 51 pp

Student’s Text (C) 7 pp

Cat No: CI 4 (Instructor’s Guide-C)

Cat No: CI 4a (Student’s Text-C)

Price: $4.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$2.00 (Student’s Text)

Advisory Committee Recommendations to

Eliminate Black Lung and Silicosis (C)

On Jan u ary 31, 1995, Sec re tary of La bor Rob ert B.

Reich es tab lished the Ad vi sory Com mit tee on the

Elim i na tion of Pneu mo co ni o sis Among Coal Mine

Workers. The key Com mit tee rec om men da tions,

which will help di rect MSHA’s ef forts to elim i nate

coal mine dust-re lated lung dis ease, are sum ma rized

un der eight topic head ings in this pam phlet. Note:

There is a com pan ion card (HH-8) to this pam phlet.

See “Pocket Cards” sec tion on how to or der.

MSHA 1997 8 pp

Cat No: OT 25

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Manual, Mining

Industry (C/MNM)

A col lec tion of prac ti cal in for ma tion on al co hol and 

drug abuse in the work place. In cludes bib li og ra phies

of sources and ma te ri als on Em ployee As sis tance

Pro grams (EAPs).

MSHA 1986 42 pp

Cat No: OT 8

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Analysis of Underground Powered Haulage

Lost Time Accidents, January 1990 —

December 1999 (C/MNM)

This pub li ca tion ad dresses un der ground pow ered

haul age lost time ac ci dents that oc curred dur ing the

pe riod Jan u ary 1990 through De cem ber 1999 in volving shut tle cars, scoops, track-mounted equip ment,

mo bile haul age equip ment, and con veyor belts. Al -

though min ing meth ods and equip ment vary greatly

in coal and metal/non metal min ing, the sim i lar i ties of 

haul age equip ment and the meth ods of op er a tion are

sim i lar; there fore, the study in cludes both coal and

metal/non metal pow ered haul age ac ci dents. This re -

port iden ti fies the ma jor fac tors that led to these ac cidents, and rec om mends ac ci dent pre ven tion meth ods

to re duce the fre quency of these ac ci dents.

MSHA 2000 18 pp

Cat No: OT 43

Price: Free of charge

Annual Refresher Training Games (C)

Com pi la tion of ques tions and an swers, var i ous

game for mats and guide lines for us ing games in

train ing. The guide is de signed to be used in an nual

re fresher train ing. Topics in clude:

1. Roof and Rib Control

2. Self-Rescue Devices

3. Communication

4. Respiratory Devices

5. Explosives

6. Permissibility

7. Accident Prevention Techniques

8. Health

9. Barricading

10. First Aid

11. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

12. Haulage and Transportation

13. Recognition and Avoidance of Electrical

Hazards

14. Gases

15. Ventilation

16. Surface Mining

17. Miscellaneous

MSHA 1989 610 pp

Cat No: IG 79

Price: $9.00

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Anthracite Mining Workbook

This work book, in the pro grammed in struc tion for -

mat, dis cusses the var i ous as pects of An thra cite min -

ing: the an thra cite coal fields of Penn syl va nia; mine

de vel op ment; the four meth ods of min ing (full-box

breast, open breast, slant breast, and longhole meth -

ods); ven ti la tion; and roof and rib con trol.

MSHA Rev 1999 59 pp

Cat No: PI 13

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Audiometric Testing Reference Guide

for MSHA’s Occupational Noise

Exposure Standard

This audiometric test ing guide pro vides mine op er ators with ex am ples of val i dated sci en tific meth ods

and/or equip ment spec i fi ca tions for test ing the hear -

ing sen si tiv ity of min ers.

MSHA 2000 16 pp

Cat No: IG 57

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Back Injuries in the Mining Industry

Deals with back in ju ries in the coal and metal/

nonmetal min ing in dus try. It ad dresses back in jury

sta tis tics, anat omy and com mon back prob lems,

the causes and cor rec tive ac tions for back in jury

pre ven tion, and rec om men da tions for de vel op ing a 

pro gram for the pre ven tion of back in ju ries.

MSHA Rev 2000 26 pp

Cat No: SM 24

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Bins and Hoppers Safety Awareness Program

(C/MNM)

De signed for train ers of coal and metal/non metal

mine per son nel. Covers the safe han dling of ma te rials around bins and hop pers, work ing safely around

bins and hop pers, the pre ven tion of en trap ment, and 

res cue in the event of an en trap ment. The pro gram

con tains eight sec tions:

1. Bins and Hoppers Related Law

2. Entrapment of Miners

3. Development of Safe Work Methods Around

Bins and Hoppers

4. General Bins and Hoppers Safety/Technical

Information

5. Abstracts of Bin and Hopper Accidents

6. Bins and Hoppers Safety Awareness Factors

to Utilize in a Training Session

7. Key Safety Awareness Points to Remember

When Involved with Bins and Hoppers

8. Illustrations and Abstracts of Bin and Hopper

Fatalities

MSHA Rev 2003 50 pp

Cat No: IG 66

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Blaster’s Training Program for Independent

Contractors (C/MNM)

De signed to train in de pend ent con trac tors in the safe

use and ap pli ca tion of ex plo sives. The train ing pack -

age in cludes: Leader’s Guide, Knowl edge Check list

for Su per vi sors, Knowl edge Check list for Trainees,

an OJT Check list, and a Stu dent Work book. A multipart vid eo tape cov ers the fol low ing top ics: Safety in

Blasting, Buckle Up on the Job, Ground Con trol in

Sur face Mining (Coal), Sur face Blasting in Metal

and Non metal Mines, Quarry Safety, Safety in Sur -

face Coal Mining, and Haz ard Rec og ni tion and

Avoid ance in Sur face Coal Mining. Note: Sep a rate

tapes on a sin gle sub ject are not avail able.

MSHA Rev 1997 194 pp

Cat No: IG 81

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

$8.00 (1 videotape)

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Surface and 

Underground Coal Mines

These two pro grams cover blast ing haz ard rec og nition and avoid ance in and around un der ground and

sur face coal mines.

Please spec ify pro gram(s) wanted when or der ing.

MSHA Rev 1996

Cat No: IG 71 (Surface) 108 pp

IG 72 (Underground) 112 pp

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Blasting Hazard Awareness: Surface Metal and

Nonmetal

Covers blast ing haz ard rec og ni tion and avoid ance

in and around sur face metal and non metal mines.

MSHA Rev 1996 100 pp

Cat No: IG 73

Price: Free of Charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Underground

Metal and Nonmetal

Covers blast ing haz ard rec og ni tion and avoid ance

in and around un der ground metal and non metal

mines.

MSHA Rev 1996 139 pp

Cat No: IG 74

Price: Free of Charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Blasting Requirements — Surface Coal

This train ing pack age of les son plans, hand outs,

vi su als, and stu dent text is de signed to train en try

level coal mine in spec tors and su per vi sors. It cov ers

the char ac ter is tics, trans por ta tion, and han dling and

use of ex plo sives. Course con tent em pha sizes haz -

ard rec og ni tion and safe work prac tices, and is

keyed to MSHA reg u la tions.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 395 pp

Student’s Text 25 pp

MSHA 1994

Cat No: CI 21 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 21a (Student’s Text)

Price: $7.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$2.00 (Student’s Text)

Bleeder and Gob Ventilation Systems (C)

This stu dent hand out ma te rial is from the Bleeder

and Gob Ven ti la tion Sys tems course. The course is

pri mar ily of in ter est to ven ti la tion spe cial ists, safety 

in spec tors, and su per vi sors. The text book con tains

in for ma tion on ven ti la tion prin ci ples; bleeder sys -

tem de sign, ap prov als, in spec tion and ex am i na tion,

and eval u a tion; and il lus tra tions of bleeder sys tems.

Ven ti la tion reg u la tions, case study in for ma tion, and 

other ma te ri als are also in cluded in the pack age.

MSHA Rev 2002 321 pp

Cat No: CI 42a

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$6.00 (each additional copy)

Bloodborne Pathogens: A Guide for the

Mining Industry

This guide con tains in for ma tion about the risk of

oc cu pa tional ex po sure to bloodborne patho gens and 

how mine op er a tors can re duce this risk.

MSHA 2000 24 pp

Cat No: IG 44

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Dis cusses the symp toms, causes, and treat ment of

car pal tun nel syn drome (CTS). Many in dus tries

claim that the in ci dence of car pal tun nel syn drome

is in creas ing and is one of their most dis abling and

costly med i cal prob lems.

MSHA Rev 2003 46 pp

Cat No: SM 23

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Coal Country

This com puter pro gram, de vel oped for el e men tary

school chil dren, will help them learn about coal for -

ma tions, de posit lo ca tions, min ing tech niques, and

com mon uses of coal in ev ery day life. The pro gram

is avail able on five 3 1/2-inch com puter dis kettes.

BuM 1994

Cat No: OT 9

Price: $9.00 (5 computer diskettes)

Coal Mining

Gives an over view of coal min ing. It be gins with

the or i gin and na ture of coal, pro gresses through un -

der ground and sur face min ing meth ods, train ing,

and mine haz ards, and ends with the uses of coal.

In cludes a glos sary of com mon min ing terms.

MSHA Rev 2002 29 pp

Cat No: SM 1

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Coal Preparation

This in struc tor guide is one of a se ries of six books

cov er ing min ing sys tems. It in tro duces the ma jor

steps in pre par ing coal. This guide cov ers prep a ration plant sys tems, de liv ery to the plant, crush ing

and break ing, siz ing, wash ing, dewatering and dry -

ing, and stor age and trans por ta tion of coal.

MSHA 2000 47 pp

Cat No: IG 54

Price: $3.00

Also available in Spanish (IG 54-S)

see description below.

Preparación del carbón

Esta guía del in struc tor es uno de una serie

de seis libros que cubre los sistemas

mineros. Éste In tro duce los pasos mayores preparando 

carbón. Esta guía cubre sistemas de preparación en la

planta, la entrega a la planta, aplastando y rompiendo,

clasificando según tamaño, lavando, escurriendo y

secando, y el almacenamiento y transporte del carbón. 

MSHA 2000 47 pp 

MSHA 1991 36 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: IG 54-S 

Precio: US$ 3.00

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30, via

Computer Linkup

The min ing com mu nity can gain quick ac cess to

cur rent reg u la tions, pro gram in for ma tion bul le tins,

pol icy memos, and other data on MSHA’s home

page at www.msha.gov. Copies may be pur chased

from Su per in ten dent of Doc u ments, Gov ern ment

Print ing Of fice, Wash ing ton, DC 20402 

Tele phone: 202/512-1800 Fax: 202/512-2233

Compliance Guide to MSHA’s Occupational

Noise Exposure Standard

MSHA’s re vised noise stan dard be came ef fec tive

on Sep tem ber 13, 2000. This com pli ance guide is in 

a ques tion and an swer for mat, and pro vides in forma tion to as sist the min ing in dus try in com ply ing

with the re vised noise stan dard.

MSHA 2000 24 pp

Cat No: IG 33

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Coping with Substance Abuse in Mining

Deals with sub stance abuse in the min ing in dus try,

which is a re flec tion of the ex pe ri ence of Amer i can

in dus try in gen eral. The man ual puts forth a

five-part strat egy for con trol ling sub stance abuse at

the work place; es tab lish ment of a writ ten sub stance

abuse pol icy; su per vi sory train ing; em ployee ed u cation and aware ness; an em ployee as sis tance pro -

gram; and drug test ing, as ap pro pri ate.

MSHA Rev 2002 33 pp

Cat No: SM 25

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (SM 25-S)

see description below.

Enfrentándose con Abusos de Sustancias 

en la Minería

Trata del abuso de sustancias en la minería,

que es una reflexión de la experiencia de industrias

americanas en gen eral. El man ual da una estrategia de

cinco par tes para controlar el abuso de sustancias en el

sitio de trabajo; establecimiento de una norma escrita

sobre el abuso de sustancias; enseñanza por los

supervisores; educación y conocimiento de los empleos; 

un programa para ayudar a los empleos; y exámenes por 

la presencia de drogas, cada vez que sea apropiada.

MSHA 1991 36 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: SM 25-S

 Precio: Gra tis (1 copia)

US$ 2.00 (cada copia adicional)

Degraded Image Hazard Recognition (C)

The goal of this pro gram is to im prove the abil ity of

min ers to rec og nize haz ards in their dan ger ous work

en vi ron ment, and thereby, to re duce ac ci dents. The

pro gram is based on re search con ducted by the U.S.

Bu reau of Mines (now NIOSH) in con junc tion with

the Il li nois De part ment of Nat u ral Re sources and Il linois East ern Com mu nity Col lege. A study has found

that min ers trained with this method have shown a

greater im prove ment in their haz ard rec og ni tion skill

level as com pared to tra di tional meth ods.

NIOSH 1997 8 pp

Cat No: IG 1

Price: $12.00 (includes 1 book, 10 slides, 

 and a videotape)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Diesel Inspection of Underground Coal

Mine Equipment – Wagner Model

LST-5S Scoop

This com puter CD con tains vi su als and dis cus sion

to as sist stu dents in the un der stand ing and ap pli cation of equip ment safety re quire ments for the Wag -

ner model LST-5S scoop. The pro gram fo cuses on

in spec tion of the ma chine for die sel permissibility

com pli ance. It is pri mar ily de signed for train ers,

main te nance per son nel, and in dus try safety in spectors, and may also be ben e fi cial for oth ers who

work in an un der ground coal mine where this type

of equip ment is used. The pre sen ta tion may take

from one to four hours de pend ing on class room dis -

cus sion and in clu sion of reg u la tory and other ref erence ma te ri als. The same pre sen ta tion is avail able

on MSHA’s home page (www.msha.gov); how ever,

the CD in cludes ad di tional for mats for those who

wish to pres ent the ma te rial full-screen with a com -

puter pro jec tion sys tem, with out be ing con nected to 

the in ternet, and/or wish to tai lor the ma te rial to their

op er a tions. A color book let is also avail able con taining the same ma te rial in an easy-to-read for mat.

MSHA 2001 1 CD

50 pp book let

Cat No: IG 10-CD

IG 10a (Color booklet)

 Price: $8.00 (1 booklet and CD, which includes

 booklet and PowerPoint slides)

Free of charge (1 booklet only)

$3.00 (each ad di tional copy of book let)

Don’t Be the Fall Guy!

This book let is part of the PROP (Pre ven tive Roof/

Rib Out reach Pro gram). It is de signed to alert min -

ers to the haz ards pre sented in un der ground coal

min ing from falls of roof, face, and ribs. This book -

let de scribes the sources of roof/rib haz ards and

pro vides prac ti cal in for ma tion to avoid in ju ries

from what has been his tor i cally the great est dan ger

to un der ground min ers. Sources of tech ni cal as sistance on roof con trol and other health and safety

train ing re sources are in cluded.

MSHA 2000 25 pp

Cat No: OT 44

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Draeger BG 174A Breathing Apparatus,

Using the

De signed to show, step-by-step, the proper use of this

mine res cue ap pa ra tus. A PowerPoint (PPT) pre sen ta tion

on a CD and il lus tra tions for mak ing trans par en cies are

in cluded. The CD in cludes a PPT viewer so that the pre -

sen ta tion can be used with any ver sion of PPT or none at

all. Note: Sys tem re quire ments for viewer are – 486K or

higher pro ces sor; Win 95, 98, or 2000 sys tem, or Win NT 

Work sta tion 3.51 (with Ser vice Pack 5.x or later), or NT

4.0; 9MB hard disk space; and VGA or higher res o lu tion.

MSHA Rev 2003 31 pp

Cat No: IG 21-CD

IG 21 (Book)

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional book)

$8.00 (1 book, CD)

Dump Point Inspection Handbook

(C/MNM)

Dumping ma te rial from trucks is a com mon prac tice

in the min ing in dus try. No mat ter what type of dump

point is in volved, a waste pile, an over bur den dump, 

a stock pile, or a hop per, ac ci dents can oc cur if cer -

tain pre cau tions are not taken. The in tent of this hand -

book is to pro vide MSHA in spec tion staff with the

in for ma tion needed to un der stand the haz ards at dump

points, and to better rec og nize po ten tially un safe dumppoint con di tions and prac tices. In ad di tion, the hand -

book can as sist in spec tors in shar ing in for ma tion on 

dump-point safety with min ers and mine op er a tors.

MSHA 2001 32 pp

Cat No: IG 59

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Dust — What You Can't See CAN Hurt You! (C)

This book let de scribes the haz ards as so ci ated with

dust ex po sures in coal min ing and pro vides min ers

and mine op er a tors with in for ma tion on a va ri ety of

meth ods of pre vent ing or re duc ing these ex po sures.

MSHA Rev 2002 24 pp

Cat No: OT 4

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (OT 4-S)

see description on following page.

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Polvo — ¡Lo Que Usted No Puede

Ver Sí PUEDE Dañarse a Usted! (C)

Este folleto de scribe los peligros de las

exposiciones al polvo en las minas de carbón y

suministra a los mineros y a los operadores de las

minas la información sobre varias maneras para

evitar o reducir estas exposiciones.

MSHA Revisado 2002 24 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: OT 4-S

Precio: Gra tis (1 libro)

$2.00 (cada copia adicional)

Electrical Calculations

De signed to as sist in dus try, la bor, and in -

spec tion force in ob tain ing com pli ance in elec tric

mo tor cir cuit cal cu la tion.

MSHA/WV Of fice of

Miners’ Health, Safety

and Training 2003 105 pp

Cat No: OT 19

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Electrical Hazards (C)

Treats the nu mer ous haz ards as so ci ated with power

dis tri bu tion cen ters, trail ing ca bles, trol ley wires and

other elec tri cal equip ment used in min ing op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 2003 122 pp

Cat No: PI 5

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Electrical Hazards (C/MNM)

Elec tric ity is used to power most min ing equip ment

(in un der ground mines, in sur face min ing drill ing

and load ing op er a tions, in prep a ra tion plants and in

mills). Man ual cov ers haz ards of elec tric ity. Con -

cen trates on elec tri cal shock and elec tri cal arcs.

Pres ents meth ods of con trol ling these haz ards.

MSHA Rev 2003 50 pp

Cat No: SM 9

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Equipment Guarding, MSHA’s Guide to

(C/MNM)

De signed to as sist in dus try, la bor, and MSHA in -

spec tors in ob tain ing uni for mity in me chan i cal safe -

guard ing. Ba sic prin ci ples of guard ing are

dis cussed. Var i ous tech niques are il lus trated

(with brief writ ten ex pla na tions).

MSHA Rev 2000 36 pp 

Cat No: OT 3

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (OT 3-S)

see description below.

Salvaguardias por el Equipo, La Guía

de MSHA (C/MNM)

Diseñada para ayudar a la in du stria, a los

trabajadores, y a los inspectores de MSHA para

llegar a uniformidad en el uso de salvaguardias

mecánicas. Se discuten los príncipes básicos de

salvaguardar. Se ilustran varias técnicas (con breves 

explicaciones escritas).

MSHA Revisado 2000 36 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: OT 3-S

Precio: Gra tis (1 libro)

US$ 2.00 (cada copia adicional)

Fatal Accidents at Small Crushed Stone

and Sand and Gravel Mining Operations, 

2000-2001 (MNM)

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties

in volv ing crushed stone and sand and gravel op er ations from Jan u ary 2000 through De cem ber 2001.

Small mines in this pub li ca tion re fer to mines with

50 or fewer em ploy ees. This pub li ca tion in cludes

sta tis tics for the fa tal i ties as well as ab stracts, il lustra tions, and best prac tices.

MSHA 2002 30 pp

Cat No: OT 41

Price: Free of charge

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Fa tal Ac ci dents In volv ing Con struction, Main te nance and Re pair at Coal

Mines, 1996-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties

in volv ing con struc tion fa tal i ties that oc curred in

coal min ing op er a tions from Jan u ary 1996 through

De cem ber 2001. The fa tal i ties in this re port con sist

of ac ci dents in volv ing con struc tion, main te nance,

and re pair. It in cludes sta tis tics for all of the fa tal ities, as well as ab stracts and il lus tra tions.

MSHA 2002 24 pp

Cat No: OT 35

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Accidents Involving Construction,

Maintenance and Repair at Metal/

Nonmetal Mines, 1996-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on con struction fa tal i ties that oc curred in metal/non metal min ing

op er a tions from Jan u ary 1996 through De cem ber

2001. The fa tal i ties in this re port con sist of ac cidents in volv ing con struc tion, main te nance, and re -

pair at metal/non metal min ing op er a tions.

MSHA 2002 18 pp

Cat No: OT 36

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Accidents Involving Contractors at 

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines,

2000-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties

in volv ing con trac tors that oc curred in coal and

metal/ non metal op er a tions from Jan u ary 2000

through De cem ber 2001. It in cludes sta tis tics for

all of the fa tal i ties, as well as ab stracts and il lustra tions.

MSHA 2002 53 pp

Cat No: OT 37

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Accidents Involving Conveyors at

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines,

1990-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal ities that oc curred in coal and metal/non metal op -

er a tions from Jan u ary 1990 through De cember

2001, as a re sult of con veyor re lated ac ci dents. This 

pub li ca tion in cludes sta tis tics for the fa tal i ties as

well as ab stracts, il lus tra tions, and best prac tices.

MSHA 2002 56 pp

Cat No: OT 40

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Accidents Involving Drowning at

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines,

1996-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties

in volv ing drownings that oc curred in coal and

metal/non metal min ing op er a tions from Jan u ary

1996 through De cem ber 2001. It in cludes sta tis tics

for all of the fa tal i ties, as well as ab stracts and il -

lus tra tions. The drown ing fa tal i ties in this re port

come un der sev eral ac ci dent clas si fi ca tions. These

clas si fi ca tions are slip or fall of per son, ma chinery, pow ered haul age, elec tri cal, and “other.”

MSHA 2002 26 pp

Cat No: OT 34

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Accidents Involving Independent

Contractors at Coal Mines, 1996-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties

in volv ing in de pend ent con trac tors that oc curred in

coal min ing op er a tions from Jan u ary 1996 through

De cem ber 2001. This pub li ca tion in cludes sta tis tics

for the fa tal i ties as well as ab stracts, il lus tra tions,

and best prac tices.

MSHA 2002 48 pp

Cat No: OT 38

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Accidents Involving Independent

Contractors at Metal and Nonmetal

Mines, 1996-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties

in volv ing in de pend ent con trac tors that oc curred in

metal and non metal min ing op er a tions from Jan u ary

1996 through De cem ber 2001. This pub li ca tion in -

cludes sta tis tics for the fa tal i ties as well as ab -

stracts, il lus tra tions, and best prac tices.

MSHA 2002 66 pp

Cat No: OT 39

Price: Free of charge

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Fatal Accidents Involving Roof Falls in

Coal Mining, 1996-2001

This pub li ca tion pres ents in for ma tion on fa tal i ties in -

volv ing roof and rib falls that oc curred in coal min ing

op er a tions from Jan u ary 1996 through De cem ber

2001. Dur ing this pe riod, 64 min ers died at coal op -

er a tions from ac ci dents clas si fied as roof falls. This

pub li ca tion in cludes sta tis tics for the fa tal i ties as well 

as ab stracts, best prac tices, and il lus tra tions.

MSHA 2002 73 pp

Cat No: OT 42

Price: Free of charge

Fatal Illustration Program (C/MNM)

High lights fa tal ac ci dents that oc curred in coal and

metal/non metal mines and alerts min ers to dan gers

around mines and how po ten tial ac ci dents can be pre -

vented. Flex i ble and adapt able to many dif fer ent train -

ing sit u a tions (new miner, an nual re fresher, task safety 

train ing – large or small groups, gen eral safety meet -

ings or spe cial em pha sis safety talks). In cludes il lustrated ab stracts (sum ma ries) of fa tal min ing ac ci dents. 

Please or der by quan tity and ti tle(s) de sired.

MSHA Up dated ev ery 6 months

Cat No: OT 10 (Coal – Surface and

 Underground)

OT 12 (Metal/Nonmetal – Surface

 and Underground)

Price: Free of charge

Fighting Miner Fatigue on Unusual

Work Schedules (C/MNM)

Un usual work sched ules are be com ing more and

more usual in min ing. These PowerPoint pre sen tations and in struc tor guides will raise miner aware -

ness of the po ten tial prob lems and meth ods of

cop ing with un usual work sched ules.

MSHA 2002

Cat No: IG 82 CD con tains PowerPoint presen-

 ta tions and In struc tor Guides

IG 82a A Man age ment Per spec tive

Instructor Guide 13 pp

IG 82b A Worker Per spec tive

In struc tor Guide 13 pp

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$8.00 (CD and Instructor’s Guides) 

Fire Protection (C/MNM)

De signed to train Fed eral mine in spec tors in the in -

spec tion of fire pro tec tion sys tems and equip ment in 

both un der ground and sur face mines, in ac cor dance

with 30 CFR 75 and 30 CFR 77(Coal), and 30 CFR

56 and 30 CFR 57 (MNM).

Books

Instructor’s Guide (C) 128 pp

Student’s Text (C) 6 pp

Instructor’s Guide (MNM) 118 pp

Student’s Text (MNM) 6 pp

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: CI 5 (Instructor’s Guide-C)

CI 5a (Student’s Text-C)

CI 6 (Instructor’s Guide-MNM)

CI 6a (Student’s Text-MNM)

Price: $4.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$2.00 (Student’s Text)

Fire Safety (C/MNM)

Deals with the haz ards as so ci ated with fires, and the 

pro ce dures used to pre vent fires and to pro tect life

and prop erty when fires do oc cur.

Note to Trainer: Although designed for mining

applications, the sections on fire causes and detection systems are useful in any setting.

MSHA Rev 2002 42 pp

Cat No: SM 13

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (SM 13-S)

see description below.

Seguridad con Incendios (C/MNM)

Trata de los peligros asociados con

incendios y los procedimientos por evitar

incendios y por proteger las vidas y la propiedad

cuando los incendios ocurren.

Nota al Entrenador: Aunque está diseñada por

uso en las minas, las secciones sobre causas de

los incendios y sistemas de detección son útiles

en cualquier escenario.

MSHA Revisado 1990 42 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: SM 13-S

Precio: Gra tis (1 copia)

US$ 2.00 (cada copia adicional)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
First Aid (C/MNM)

De scribes first aid tech niques. Dis cusses how to

stop bleed ing and con trol shock. Lists spe cific first

aid pro ce dures for a wide va ri ety of in ju ries.

MSHA Rev 2001 62 pp

Cat No: SM 3

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (SM 3-S)

see description below.

Primeros Auxilios (C/MNM)

De scribe técnicas de primeros auxilios.

Discute como parar sangría y controlar

descarga eléctrica. Enumera procedimientos específicos

de primeros auxilios por una variedad ancha de heridas.

MSHA Rev 2001 62 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: SM 3-S

Precio: Gratis (un libro)

US$ 2.00 (cada libro adicional)

First Aid Book (C/MNM)

De signed to pro vide work ers in the min ing in dus try

with ba sic first aid knowl edge and skills in or der to

better pre pare them to deal with both on-the-job and 

off-the-job ac ci dents and emer gen cies.

MSHA Rev 1998 251 pp

Cat No: IG 61

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$6.00 (each additional copy)

First Aid Instructor’s Guide (C/MNM)

De signed for first aid train ers in the min ing in dustry. Teaches meth ods to care for sick or in jured per -

sons. The train ing ma te ri als are pack aged loose-leaf 

to help train ers ex tract se lected study top ics from

the to tal pack age. The book con tains printed cop ies

of vi suals which can be made into trans par en cies.

MSHA Rev 2000 329 pp

Cat No: IG 52

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$7.00 (each additional copy)

Front-End Loader Hazard Awareness Program

(C/MNM)

Covers front-end loader haz ard rec og ni tion and

avoid ance in and around coal and metal/non metal

op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 2001 38 pp 

Cat No: IG 76

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (IG 76-S)

see description below.

Programa de Concienciación de los

peligros del Cargador Frente-Extremo

(C/MNM)

Cubre el reconocimiento y anulación de los peligros 

del cargador frente-extremo en y alrededor del

carbón y operaciones de metal/ no-metal. 

MSHA 2001 38 pp 

Número de

Catálogo: IG 76-S 

Precio: Libre del cargo (1 libro) 

US$ 3.00 (cada copia adicional) 

Guide to Conducting Noise Sampling, A

MSHA’s re vised noise stan dard be came ef fec tive

on Sep tem ber 13, 2000. This guide will pro vide

easy-to-read in struc tions on how to con duct noise

sur veys. These sur veys can be used to com ply with

the mon i tor ing re quire ments of the re vised noise

rule and are in tended to be best prac tices for the

min ing in dus try.

MSHA 2000 9 pp

Cat No: IG 32

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Haul Road Inspection Handbook

The de sign and main te nance of haul roads plays an

im por tant role in sur face haul age safety. This hand -

book pro vides guid ance for con duct ing a safety in -

spec tion of a mine’s haul roads and in cludes

sum ma ries of MSHA’s stan dards that ap ply to haul

roads.

MSHA 2000 58 pp

Cat No: IG 58

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Haulage Fatalities – Surface Coal (2000-2001)

This pub li ca tion high lights haul age fa tal i ties that

oc curred at surface coal op er a tions from Jan u ary

2000 through De cem ber 2001. The fa tal i ties in this

re port in volve equip ment such as: haul trucks,

front-end load ers, boom trucks, con crete trucks,

scrap ers, pickup trucks, and au to mo biles.

MSHA 2002 20 pp

Cat No: OT 5

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Metal and

Nonmetal (2000-2001)

This pub li ca tion high lights haul age fa tal i ties that

oc curred at sur face metal and non metal op er a tions

from Jan u ary 2000 through De cem ber 2001. The

fa tal i ties in this re port in volve equip ment such

as: haul age trucks, front-end load ers, scrap ers,

wa ter trucks, fork lifts, and pickup trucks.

MSHA 2002 24 pp

Cat No: OT 6

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Haulage Fatalities – Underground Coal

(2000-2001)

This pub li ca tion high lights haul age fa tal i ties that

oc curred at un der ground coal op er a tions from

Jan u ary 2000 through De cem ber 2001. The fa tal ities in cluded in this re port in volve all fa tal i ties

clas si fied by the Mine Safety and Health Ad minis tra tion as “haul age/pow ered haul age.” These

sta tis tics do not in clude haul age fa tal i ties at sur -

face ar eas of un der ground op er a tions.

MSHA 2002 16 pp

Cat No: OT 14

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Hazard Recognition Training Program for

Construction, Maintenance, and Repair

Activities

This is a NIOSH-de vel oped train ing pro gram that

pro vides sur face min ers with in for ma tion for in creasing their knowl edge and aware ness of the many haz ards

that ex ist in con duct ing con struc tion, main te nance,

and re pair tasks in the work place. It co or di nates

spe cific in struc tion ma te ri als with 3-D scenes that

de pict a va ri ety of haz ards and en hance the per ceptual skills of the train ees. This pro gram con sists of

an In struc tor’s Guide and three 3-D reels.

NIOSH 1999

Cat No: IG 45

Materials

 Needed: Instructor’s Guide 78 pp

Three 3-D reels

View-Master* 3-D viewers may be

purchased directly from the

manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc., ViewMaster Custom Sales, Customer Service, 

636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora,

NY 14052 Phone 716-687-3899

Price: Instructor’s Guide $3.00

Three 3-D reels $6.00

* Reference to specific products does not imply endorsement

 by MSHA.

Hazard Recognition Training Program for

Underground Limestone

This NIOSH-de vel oped haz ard rec og ni tion train ing

pro gram was de vel oped by com bin ing the de graded

im age con cept with 3-D slides. It fo cuses on teach -

ing un der ground lime stone min ers cer tain tech -

niques for rec og niz ing vi sual cues in the work place

and us ing these cues to eval u ate min ing con di tions

and haz ard ous sit u a tions. This pro gram con sists of

an In struc tor’s Guide and four 3-D reels.

NIOSH 1997

Cat No: IG 46

Materials

 Needed: Instructor’s Guide 44 pp

Four 3-D reels

View-Master* 3-D viewers may be

purchased directly from the

manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc., 

View-Master Custom Sales, Customer

Service, 636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, 

NY 14052 Phone 716-687-3899

Price: Instructor’s Guide $2.00

Four 3-D reels $8.00

* Reference to specific products does not imply endorsement

 by MSHA.

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TRAINING MATERIALS
HazCom Information

This CD holds about ten (10) hours of

Power- Point pre sen ta tions on vir tu ally ev ery ma jor

as pect of MSHA’s Haz ard Com mu ni ca tion Stan -

dard. These pre sen ta tions in clude notes, il lus trations, and pho to graphs to help your au di ence better

un der stand HazCom and chem i cal ter mi nol ogy. The 

pre sen ta tions in clude: chem i cal in ju ries and ill -

nesses in min ing; ba sic chem i cal fam i lies; ba sic

tox i col ogy; la bel ing; MSDSs; ex emp tions; and writ -

ten pro grams, among oth ers.

MSHA 2002 1 CD

Cat No: OT 51-CD

Price: $8.00

HazCom 30 CFR Part 47 – Telling

Miners About Chemical Hazards

This book let is HazCom’s Tool Kit, sup ply ing in -

for ma tion that helps op er a tors in ter pret the stan -

dard, but also pro vid ing model HazCom pro grams,

train ing tips, and sup ple men tary ma te ri als to help

op er a tors es tab lish a suc cess ful HazCom pro gram.

MSHA 2002 82 pp

Cat No: OT 49

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Heat Stress in Mining (MNM)

Deals with heat stress and strain and heat con trol

mech a nisms in the hu man body. De scribes signs of

and treat ment for heat-re lated dis or ders. Heat stress

con trol mea sures are noted. 

MSHA Rev 2000 32 pp

Cat No: SM 6

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (SM 6-S)

see description below.

Tensión de Calor en la Minería (MNM)

Trata de tensión y fatiga causadas por

calor y los mecanismos de con trol en el

cuerpo humano. De scribe señales de y primeros

auxilios por enfermedades causadas por el calor. Se

notan medidas de con trol por la tensión de calor.

MSHA Revisado 2000 32 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: SM 6-S

Precio: Gra tis (1 libro)

US$ 2.00 (cada copia adicional)

Hidden Hazards – Pipeline Safety in the

Mining Industry (C/MNM)

This item con sists of a video and a CD. The video

deals with the hid den haz ards as so ci ated with bur -

ied pipe lines on min ing prop erty. Ac cord ing to the

U.S. Of fice of Pipe line Safety, more than two-thirds 

of all pipe line ac ci dents oc cur due to ac ci den tal

con tact from heavy equip ment. The min ing in dus try

alone ex pe ri enced two fa tal i ties in the year 2000.

Be tween 1986 and 2002 more than 348 fa tal i ties oc -

curred due to pipe line ac ci dents in gen eral in dus try.

The ac com pa ny ing CD in cludes a PowerPoint pre -

sen ta tion – con sist ing of 51 slides – which can be

con ducted in ap prox i mately 30 to 40 min utes; a

hand out of key facts to be pro vided to class par tic ipants; and an in struc tor’s guide. (The key facts and

in struc tor’s guide may be printed from the CD.) The 

Hid den Haz ards pack age is an ex cel lent tool to be

uti lized as a one-hour sched uled block for sur face

an nual re train ing, sur face new miner train ing, su -

per vi sor train ing, safety meet ings, or as a sup plement to in di vid ual task train ing. The pro gram can

also be uti lized for min ing in dus try con trac tor train -

ing.

Mar tin Consulting 2002 19 min

Cat No: IG 85 

Price: $12.00

Hoisting (C/MNM)

Covers var i ous types of hoists, wire ropes, rope end

at tach ments, hoist ing sys tem com po nents, brake men

cars, por tal shaft el e va tors, recordkeeping, ap pen -

di ces and coal and metal/non metal man da tory

safety stan dards re lated to hoist ing. Hand outs, les son

plans, vi su als, and tests and eval u a tions are in cluded

which will as sist in in struct ing hoist ing train ing.

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: CI 16 Coal 424 pp

CI 17 MNM 428 pp

Price: $8.00 each copy

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Industrial Hygiene for Healthier Miners

(C/MNM)

Deals with in dus trial hy giene – the sci ence and art

of rec og ni tion, eval u a tion and con trol of health haz -

ards at work. Text in cludes ex am ples of shortterm

and long-term job-re lated ex po sures of work ers to

toxic agents. Man ual also cov ers pre ven tive mea -

sures to pro tect work ers from harm ful con di tions.

MSHA Rev 1996 53 pp

Cat No: SM 21

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Industrial Hygiene: Sampling for Silica and

Noise

This pub li ca tion for metal and non metal min ing is

an in struc tor’s man ual for a three-day class cov ering the haz ards of sil ica and noise, prin ci ples of in -

dus trial hy giene, sam pling meth ods and pro ce dures,

and cal cu la tions. The man ual in cludes nu mer ous

sam pling forms and ap pen di ces.

MSHA 1999

Instructor’s Guide 335 pp

Student’s Text 159 pp

Cat No: IG 13 (Instructor’s Guide)

IG 13a (Student’s Text)

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$6.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$4.00 (Student’s Text)

Industry Supervisory Training — Metal/Nonmetal

De signed for train ers of metal/non metal su per visory per son nel. Fo cuses on ways to in crease

aware ness of the high rate of su per vi sory/fore men

fa tal i ties and on ways to re duce that rate. Pack -

aged in two vol umes (one for in struc tors and one

for par tic i pants), each vol ume is di vided into four

mod ules:

Defining the Problem

Developing an Individualized Safety Program 

Supervisory Skills 

Supervisory Responsibilities

Ma te rials are 3-hole punched. Di viders are furnished. Com plete set of ma te ri als con tains:

Books

Instructor’s Training Guide 262 pp

Participant’s Handbook 244 pp

MSHA 1985

Cat No: IG 9 (specify number of Participant’s

 Handbooks)

Price: Free of charge (1 set of books)

$5.00 (each additional book)

Instructor Training Workshop Guide

De signed to pro vide the fun da men tals of in struc tion

for po ten tial in struc tors. May also be used as a re -

fresher course for ex pe ri enced in struc tors.

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: IG 24a (Specific to Part 48) 75 pp

IG 24b (Specific to Part 46) 75 pp

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Introduction to Metal/Nonmetal Mining:

 A Programmed Text

A work book in pro grammed in struc tion for mat that

cov ers el e ments of un der ground and sur face metal and 

non metal min ing. Each self-con tained work book sec -

tion con tains text ma te ri als, ques tions about the text,

and an swers to these ques tions. Stu dents can study and 

re view the ma te rial at their own pace and check their

work as they pro ceed. Topics cov ered in clude: Ba sic

Ge ol ogy; Mining and the Amer i can Econ omy; Health

and Safety Stan dards; The Work En vi ron ment; In dustrial Hy giene and Per sonal Pro tec tive Equip ment;

Mine Gases; and Elec tric ity in Mining. Other sub jects

in clude: Blasting and Ex plo sives; Welding; Sur face

Ma chin ery; Sur face Ma chin ery Safety; Dredges and

Barges; Un der ground Mining; Un der ground Mining

Ma chin ery; Hoisting; Con veyors; Haul age; Pro -

cessing (Milling and Crushing); Sand and Gravel;

Ce ment Plants; and Salt Mines and Mining.

MSHA 1995 482 pp

Cat No: PI 6

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$8.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Job Safety Analysis (C/MNM)

This train ing pack age of les son plans, hand outs, visuals, and stu dent text is de signed to train Fed eral

mine in spec tors in Job Safety Anal y sis pro ce dures.

It al lows the user to be able to iden tify haz ards and

to de velop step-by-step pro ce dures to pro vide the

saf est, most ef fi cient way to com plete a ma jor task.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 168 pp

Student’s Text 14 pp

MSHA Rev 1999

Cat No: CI 28 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 28a (Student’s Text)

Price: $4.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$2.00 (Student’s Text)

Job Safety Analysis (C/MNM)

JSA – an ap proach to ac ci dent pre ven tion. Man ual

de scribes the four ba sic JSA steps: (1) se lect the

job, (2) sep a rate the job into ba sic steps, (3) iden tify

the haz ards and (4) con trol each haz ard.

MSHA Rev 2000 31 pp

Cat No: SM 5

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Job Safety Analysis Process: A Practical

Approach, The (C/MNM)

De signed to en able min ers and su per vi sors to work

to gether to iden tify haz ards and to de velop step-bystep pro ce dures that make up the saf est, most effective way to com plete a ma jor task. The In struc tion

Guide con tains three sec tions:

 I. Leader’s Guide 

Instructional material necessary to teach the

 Job Safety Analysis process.

 II. Visuals

These visuals follow the Leader’s Guide and

Participant’s Guide, and can be made into

transparencies.

III. Participant’s Guide

An instructional handout and reference for

each person who attends Job Safety Analysis

training.

You may want to or der ad di tional cop ies of the

Par tic i pant’s Guide.

MSHA 1990

Cat No: IG 83 (Instruction Guide) 90 pp

IG 83a (Participant’s Guide) 14 pp

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$4.00 (each additional Instruction

 Guide)

$2.00 (each additional Participant’s

 Guide)

Mine Electricity (C/MNM)

De signed to train Fed eral mine in spec tors in the in -

spec tion of elec tri cal sys tems and units in both un -

der ground and sur face mines, in ac cor dance with 30 

CFR 75 and 30 CFR 77 (Coal), and 30 CFR 56 and

30 CFR 57 (MNM).

Books

Instructor’s Guide (C) 162 pp

Student’s Text (C) 58 pp

Instructor’s Guide MNM) 137 pp

Student’s Text (MNM) 117 pp

MSHA Rev 1999

Cat No: CI 7 (Instructor’s Guide-C)

CI 7a (Student’s Text-C)

CI 8 (Instructor’s Guide-MNM)

CI 8a (Student’s Text-MNM)

Price: $4.00 CI 7 Instructor’s Guide - C

$3.00 CI 7a Student’s Text - C

$4.00 CI 8 Instructor’s Guide - MNM

$4.00 CI 8a Student’s Text - MNM

Mine Emergency Ventilation (C/MNM)

De signed for use by mine res cue team mem bers and 

man ag ers and su per vi sors re spon si ble for mine res -

cue ef forts. Les sons in clude in struc tion on mak ing

de ci sions on ven ti lat ing or seal ing emer gency ar eas

and build ing ven ti la tion con trols and seals.

Books

Instructor’s Guide (C) 33 pp

Student’s Text (C) 8 pp

Instructor’s Guide (MNM) 33 pp

Student’s Text (MNM) 8 pp

MSHA 1992

Cat No: CI 9 (Instructor’s Guide-C)

CI 9a (Student’s Text-C)

CI 10 (Instructor’s Guide-MNM)

CI 10a (Student’s Text-MNM)

Price: $2.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$2.00 (Student’s Text)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Mine Escapeways (C/MNM)

An in tro duc tion to mine escapeways and evac u ation. Stresses the im por tance of hav ing clear

escapeways in case of an emer gency.

MSHA Rev 1997 24 pp

Cat No: SM 11

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Mine Gases (C/MNM)

A com plete ref er ence on the sources and prop er ties

of mine gases (in clud ing ex plo sive and toxic ef -

fects). Dis cusses means of de tec tion, iden ti fi ca tion,

anal y sis and le gal re quire ments for each gas found

in mine air. Also in cludes mine gas con trol meth ods.

MSHA Rev 1999 42 pp

Cat No: SM 2

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Mine Illumination (C)

De scribes the eye and how it works; how low and

high light ing lev els af fect vi sion. In cludes brief his -

tory of types of light ing used in mines from an cient

times. Ex plains MSHA stan dards and pol i cies that

re quire il lu mi na tion in mines (un der ground and sur -

face); how to meet these re quire ments; how light

lev els are mea sured; and where to get as sis tance.

MSHA Rev 2003 81 pp

Cat No: IG 53

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Mine Maps — Underground (C)

This course is de signed to train Fed eral coal mine

in spec tors to read and in ter pret un der ground coal

mine maps. In cluded are the reg u la tions with ex amples of their us age, and sug gested mine map sym bols.

Books

 Instructor’s Guide 95 pp

 Student’s Text 9 pp

MSHA 1996

Cat No: CI 40 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 40a (Student’s Text)

Price: $3.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$2.00 (Student’s Text)

Mine Rescue Training Modules (C/MNM)

Mod ules are de signed to train ex pe ri enced or in expe ri enced mine res cue team mem bers. Each

self-con tained unit cov ers a sep a rate sub ject and

in cludes sug gested hand outs and vi sual aids.

WV Uni ver sity Mining

 Ex ten sion Ser vice 1981

BuM Con tract JO308002

Books

Introduction to Mine Rescue (2002) 

Metal/Nonmetal Training Module (2201) 

Coal Training Module (2101)

MSHA Rev 1999

Cat No: IG 5 - Introduction 869 pp

IG 6 - Metal/Nonmetal 528 pp

IG 7 - Coal 486 pp

Price: $12.00 IG 5 – Introduction

$ 8.00 IG 6 – Metal/Nonmetal

$ 7.00 IG 7 – Coal

Miners’ Health Pack, The

The Miners’ Health Pack is a man ual on health haz -

ards in min ing. It re flects MSHA’s de ter mi na tion to

pro tect min ers from ex po sure to such well-known

health haz ards as sil ica, car bon mon ox ide, and noise,

as well as in ju ries re sult ing from re pet i tive work oc -

cur ring in cramped places and awk ward po si tions.

Through the Health Pack, which is re ally a se ries of

fact sheets and re sources, MSHA hopes to make ba sic

sci en tific, med i cal, and con trol tech nol ogy in for ma tion

about health haz ards in min ing un der stand able to min -

ers and mine op er a tors so that they can take ac tion

to re duce ex po sures and pro tect min ers. The ma te rials are pack aged in a binder so that new train ing

ma te ri als on haz ards such as lead, mer cury, or die sel

ex haust can be added as they are de vel oped by MSHA

to cre ate a com pre hen sive man ual on health haz ards.

MSHA Rev 2003 86 pp

Cat No: IG 28

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Miners’ Rights and Responsibilities Under the

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977,

Guide to (C/MNM)

Sum ma rizes rights and re spon si bil i ties of min ers,

their rep re sen ta tives, and ap pli cants for mine work

un der the Fed eral Mine Safety and Health Act of

1977. In tended as a guide only and not as an “of ficial” state ment of the law or as a source for le gal in -

ter pre ta tions of the Act.

MSHA Rev 2000 52 pp

Cat No: OT 2

Price: Free of charge

Also available in Spanish (OT 2-S)

see description below.

Derechos y Responsabilidades de los

Mineros Sobre la Ley Fed eral de

Seguridad y Salud en las Minas de

1977, Guía a (C/MNM)

Da un sumario de los derechos y de las responsabilidades de los mineros, de sus representantes y de

los aspirantes por trabajo en las minas sobre la Ley

Fed eral de Seguridad y Salud en las Minas de 1977. 

Proyectado solo como una guía y no como un 

comunicado «oficial» de la ley o como una fuente

por interpretaciones jurídicas de esta Ley. Hemos

vuelto a escribirla y modernizarla completamente de

nuevo para incluir información sobre Parte 46.

MSHA Revisado 2000 52 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: OT 2-S

 Precio: Gra tis

Mining Disasters

This pub li ca tion in cludes pho to graphs and news paper clip pings of some of the na tion’s worst min ing

di sas ters. The pub li ca tion also in cludes a list ing of

His toric Coal Mine Di sas ters in the United States

from 1839-2003 and a list ing of His toric Metal

Non metal Di sas ters in the United States from

1869-2003.

MSHA Rev 2003 66 pp

Cat No: OT 32

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

MSA W-65 Self-Rescuer

In structs un der ground work ers and vis i tors in the

proper use of this self-res cuer. Pro vides stu dents

with work ing knowl edge of the de vice and the abil -

ity to use the self-res cuer in an emer gency. The 8

ba sic steps are pic tured on PowerPoint slides as

well as a pocket card. A CD on which a PowerPoint

pre sen ta tion (with a “reader” so the user can view

the pre sen ta tion with out the need of the PowerPoint

pro gram) of the en tire man ual is also avail able.

MSHA Rev 2000 15 pp 

Cat No: IG 2-CD

IG 2 (book) 

Cards: 100 cards per pack

Price: Free of charge (1 book, 1 card)

$2.00 (each additional book) 

$8.00 (1 book, 1 CD)

$5.00 (per pack of cards)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Anthracite and 

Bituminous Coal Preparation Plants and Shops

Sixteen-part pro gram de vel oped co op er a tively by

MSHA and mem bers of the an thra cite and bi tu minous coal min ing in dus try. De signed to sup ple ment

ex ist ing train ing pro grams and as sist the in dus try in

con duct ing ef fec tive on-the-job train ing (OJT).

Topics in clude:

1. Plant Operation

2. Plant Maintenance and Repair

3. Maintaining Conveyor Systems

4. Welding and Cutting

5. Electrical Procedures for Nonelectricians

6. Thermal Dryer Operation

7. Railcar Handling

8. Barge Haulage/Dredge Operations 

9. Barge Loading Facilities

10. Front-End Loader Operation

11. Truck Haulage

12. Bulldozer Operation 

13. Mobile Crane Operation 

14. Ladders and Scaffolds 

15. Manual Handling of Materials 

16. Prevention of Slips and Falls

Ad den dum - Ques tions for Dis cus sion

MSHA 1988 226 pp

Cat No: IG 49

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
On-The-Job Training Modules — Cement

De veloped co op er a tively by MSHA and mem bers

of the ce ment in dus try. A fif teen-mod ule pro gram:

1. General Plant Cleanup

2. Cleaning Belt Conveyors 

3. Unplugging Clinker Breaker 

4. Shooting Kiln Gun

5. Unplugging Preheater

6. Restarting After a Plantwide Power Failure 

7. Manual Handling of Materials

8. Operating and Handling Railroad Equipment 

9. Splicing Conveyor Belts

10. Using an Overhead Hoist to Lift or Handle

Parts or Material

11. Replacing the Drive Chain or Belt on a 

Screw Conveyor

12. Handling Materials with Shop Overhead Crane

13. Welding and Cutting

14. Equipment Lockout Procedures

15. Electrical Procedures for Nonelectricians 

Each mod ule con tains a brief job de scrip tion and a

ge neric job safety anal y sis (JSA) of a job com mon

to ce ment op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 2002 113 pp

Cat No: IG 42

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Metal and

Nonmetal Dredges

De veloped co op er a tively by MSHA and mem bers

of the dredg ing in dus try. A five-mod ule pro gram:

1. Dredge Operations

2. Barge Haulage

3. Replacing Major Components of a Cutterhead

Dredge

4. Equipment Lockout Procedures

5. Manual Handling of Materials

Each mod ule con tains a brief job de scrip tion and a

ge neric job safety anal y sis (JSA) of a job com mon

to dredg ing op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 2002 44 pp

Cat No: IG 41

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Metal and

Nonmetal Inspectors

This 23-part se ries of on-the-job train ing ma te ri als

is used in the train ing of MSHA metal/non metal in -

spec tors. It may also be used by in dus try per son nel

wish ing to im prove their in spec tion ca pa bil i ties.

Topics in clude:

1. Citations and Orders

2. Inspection Procedures

3. Ground Control

4. Loading, Hauling and Dumping

5. Machinery and Equipment

6. Material Storage and Handling

7. Fire Prevention and Control

8. Air Quality, Ventilation, and Noise

9. Electricity

10. Illumination 

11. Personal Protection

12. Compressed Air and Boilers 

13. Drilling

14. Explosives

15. Miscellaneous

16. Part 50

17. Safety Programs

18. Travelways and Escapeways

19. Hoisting

20. Accident Investigation

21. Mine Rescue and Emergency Procedures 

22. Gassy Mines

23. Radiation

MSHA Rev 2001 281 pp

Cat No: IG 55

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$6.00 (each additional copy) 

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TRAINING MATERIALS
On-The-Job Training Modules — Sand, Gravel,

and Crushed Stone

De veloped co op er a tively by MSHA and mem bers of

the sand, gravel and crushed stone in dus tries. De -

signed to sup ple ment ex ist ing train ing pro grams and

as sist the in dus try in con duct ing ef fec tive on-the-job

train ing (OJT). Con sists of nine teen mod ules:

1. Starting the Plant

2. Plant Clean-Up

3. Plant Shutdown

4. Plant Operation

5. Maintaining Conveyor Systems 

6. Plant Repair

7. Welding and Cutting

8. Equipment Lockout Procedures

9. Electrical Procedures for Nonelectricians

10. Truck Haulage

11. Ground Control

12. Inspecting and Replacing Cables (Wire Ropes)

13. Replacing the Drive Chain or Belt on a

Screw Conveyor

14. Manual Handling of Materials

15. Using an Overhead Hoist to Lift or Handle 

Parts or Material

16. Handling Material with Shop Overhead 

Traveling Crane

17. Primary Crushing Operation 

18. Operating Drilling Equipment

19. Transportation, Use, and Storage of

Explosives

Each mod ule con tains both a de scrip tion and a ge -

neric job safety anal y sis (JSA) of a job com mon to

sand, gravel and crushed stone op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 2000 204 pp 

Cat No: IG 40

Price: Free of charge (1 book) 

$6.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training — Structuring Effective 

Programs (C/MNM)

How to de sign, con duct, and eval u ate struc tured

OJT train ing pro grams. In tended as a guide for

su per vi sory per son nel in volved in OJT. 

MSHA 1983 89 pp 

Cat No: IG 12

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Surface

Anthracite

Fif teen-part pro gram de vel oped co op er a tively by

MSHA and mem bers of the an thra cite min ing in -

dus try. De signed to sup ple ment ex ist ing train ing

pro grams and as sist the in dus try in con duct ing ef -

fec tive on-the-job train ing (OJT). Topics in clude:

1. Front-End Loader Operation 

2. Dozer Operation

3. Hauler Operation

4. Pan Scraper Operation

5. Backhoe and Hydraulic Excavator Operation

6. Power Shovel Operation

7. Dragline Operation

8. Drill Operation

9. Storage, Transportation, and Use of

Explosives

10. Field Maintenance of Surface Equipment 

11. Welding and Cutting

12. Inspecting and Replacing Wire Ropes (Cables)

13. Ground Control

14. Manual Handling of Materials 

15. Prevention of Slip and Fall Accidents 

Ad den dum - Ques tions for Dis cus sion

Each mod ule con tains an in tro duc tion and a ge neric

job safety anal y sis (JSA) of a job com mon to sur -

face an thra cite op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 1999 210 pp 

Cat No: IG 51

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$6.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Surface Coal

Fif teen-part pro gram de vel oped co op er a tively by

MSHA and mem bers of the sur face coal min ing in -

dus try. De signed to sup ple ment ex ist ing train ing

pro grams and as sist the in dus try in con duct ing ef -

fec tive on-the-job train ing (OJT). Topics in clude:

1. Front-End Loader Operation

2. Bulldozer Operation

3. Truck Haulage

4. Pan Scraper Operation

5. Backhoe and Hydraulic Excavator Operation

6. Power Shovel Operation

7. Dragline Operation

8. Drill Operation

9. Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives

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TRAINING MATERIALS
10. Field Maintenance of Surface Equipment

11. Welding and Cutting

12. Inspecting and Replacing Wire Ropes (Cables)

13. Ground Control

14. Manual Handling of Materials

15. Prevention of Slip and Fall Accidents

Addendum - Questions for Discussion

MSHA Rev 2003 201 pp

Cat No: IG 48

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$6.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Surface Coal

Mine Inspection

This 23-mod ule set of ma te ri als is in tended to help

train en try level coal mine in spec tors. It can also be

used to re fresh or re train jour ney man in spec tors in

spe cific sub ject ar eas.

Topics covered include:

1. Uniform Mine File

2. Mine Books and Records

3. Surface Installations

4. Refuse Piles

5. Impoundments

6. Thermal Dryers

7. Safeguards for Mechanical Equipment

8. Compressed Air and Boilers

9. Electric Equipment - General

10. Trailing Cables

11. Grounding

12. Surface High-Voltage Distribution

13. Surface Low- and Medium-Voltage AC

Circuits

14. Ground Control

15. Fire Protection

16. Maps

17. Explosives and Blasting

18. Personnel Hoisting

19. Auger Mining

20. Surface Loading and Haulage

21. Miscellaneous

22. Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires

23. Slope and Shaft Sinking

This train ing pack age has been de vel oped us ing

the lat est avail able in for ma tion. Be cause reg u lations, pol icy, and min ing tech nol ogy con stantly

change, be sure to check for in for ma tion that could 

su per sede the ma te rial in the mod ule.

MSHA 1999 102 pp

Cat No: IG 25

Price: $5.00

On-The-Job Training Modules — Surface

Metal/Nonmetal 

Sev en teen-part pro gram de vel oped co op er a tively by 

MSHA and mem bers of the sur face metal/nonmetal

in dus try. De signed to sup ple ment ex ist ing train ing

pro grams and as sist the in dus try in con duct ing ef -

fec tive on-the-job train ing (OJT). Topics in clude:

1. Front-End Loader Operation

2. Dozer Operation

3. Hauler Operation

4. Pan Scraper Operation

5. Backhoe and Hydraulic Excavator Operation

6. Mobile Crane Operation

7. Hydraulic Shovel Operation

8. Power Shovel Operation

9. Dragline Operation

10. Drill Operation

11. Storage, Transportation and Use of Explosives

12. Field Maintenance of Surface Equipment

13. Welding and Cutting

14. Inspecting and Replacing Wire Ropes (Cables)

15. Ground Control

16. Manual Handling of Materials

17. Prevention of Slip and Fall Accidents

Addendum - Questions for Discussion

Each mod ule con tains an in tro duc tion and a ge neric

job safety anal y sis (JSA) of a job com mon to sur -

face metal and non metal op er a tions.

MSHA Rev 2001 262 pp

Cat No: IG 43

Price: Free of charge (1 book) 

$6.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
On-The-Job Training Modules — Underground

Anthracite 

Seven-part pro gram de vel oped co op er a tively by

MSHA and mem bers of the an thra cite mining in -

dus try. De signed to sup ple ment ex ist ing train ing

pro grams and as sist the in dus try in con duct ing ef -

fec tive on-the-job train ing (OJT). Topics in clude:

1. Roof Control - General

2. Installing Permanent Supports 

3. Equipment Lockout Procedures

4. Prevention of Slip and Fall Accidents 

5. Manual Handling of Materials 

6. Installing Ventilation Controls 

7. Blasting Operations

Ad den dum - Ques tions for Dis cus sion

MSHA Rev 1999 101 pp

Cat No: IG 50

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Underground

Coal

De signed co op er a tively by MSHA and mem bers of

in dus try. Con sists of thir teen mod ules:

1. Roof Control - General

2. Installing Temporary Supports

3. Installing Permanent Supports

4. Shuttle Car Haulage

5. Scoop Haulage

6. Operating Track Haulage Equipment

7. Belt Conveyor Haulage

8. Manual Handling of Materials

9. Prevention of Slip and Fall Accidents 

10. Equipment Lockout Procedures

11. Electrical Procedures for Non-Electricians 

12. Installing Ventilation Controls 

13. Section Belt and Power Center Moves

MSHA 1986 191 pp

Cat No: IG 47

Price: Free of charge (1 book) 

$5.00 (each additional copy)

On-The-Job Training Modules — Underground

Coal Mine Inspection

This 23-mod ule set of ma te ri als is in tended to help

train en try level coal mine in spec tors. It can also be

used to re fresh or re train jour ney man in spec tors in

spe cific sub ject ar eas.

Topics cov ered in clude:

1. Uniform Mine File

2. Mine Books and Records

3. Roof Support

4. Ventilation

5. Escapeways

6. Longwall and Shortwall Travelways

7. Combustible Materials and Rock Dusting

8. Electrical Equipment - General

9. Trailing Cables

10. Grounding

11. Underground High-Voltage Distribution

12. Low- and Medium-Voltage A Circuits

13. Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires

14. Fire Protection - Underground

15. Mine Maps

16. Underground Blasting and Explosives

17. Hoisting and Man Trips

18. Emergency Shelters

19. Communications

20. Miscellaneous

21. Diesel Equipment

22. Respirable Dust

23. Citations and Orders

This train ing pack age has been de vel oped us ing

the lat est avail able in for ma tion. Be cause reg u lations, pol icy, and min ing tech nol ogy con stantly

change, be sure to check for in for ma tion that could 

su per sede the ma te rial in the mod ule.

MSHA 1999 138 pp

Cat No: IG 26

Price: $5.00

Part 45 – Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Entry

Level Training

This pro gram cov ers 30 CFR Part 45 which per -

tains to the reg u la tions cov er ing in de pend ent con -

trac tors. Based on case stud ies, stu dents will

de ter mine whether ci ta tion(s) or or der(s) must be

is sued to the in de pend ent con trac tor, to the mine

op er a tor, or to both.

MSHA Rev 2001 14 pp

Cat No: CI 32

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Part 46 Instructors Guide With Lesson Plans,

30 CFR

This guide is de signed to as sist mine op er a tors and

in de pend ent con trac tors, who are cov ered by the part

46 reg u la tions, to de velop ef fec tive and mine-spe -

cific train ing pro grams. The tar get au di ence for this

guide is the in struc tor who gives part 46 train ing and

the per son(s) des ig nated by the op er a tor as be ing re -

spon si ble for part 46 train ing at the mine.

MSHA 1999 21 pp

Cat No: IG 37

Price: Free of charge

Also available in Spanish (IG 37-S)

see description below.

Parte 46—Guía por Instructores con

Planes por las Lecciones, 30 CFR

Se diseña esta guía para ayudar a los

operadores de las minas y los contratistas

independientes, quienes están cubiertos por las

normas de parte 46, para desarrollar eficaces

programas de enseñanza, específicos por las minas.

Esta guía está escrita para el in struc tor quien da

enseñanza sobre parte 46 y la(s) per sona(s)

nombrada(s) por el operador responsable por la

enseñanza sobre parte 46 en la mina.

MSHA 1999 21 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: IG 37-S

 Precio: Gra tis

Part 46 Starter Kit With Sample Training

Forms, 30 CFR

This pack age is in tended to help the user de velop an 

ef fec tive, mine-spe cific train ing pro gram that meets 

the pro vi sions of part 46.

MSHA 1999 75 pp

Cat No: IG 36

Price: Free of charge

Also available in Spanish (IG 36-S)

see following description.

Parte 46—Equipo para Empezar con 

Muestras de Formularios de

Enseñanza, 30 CFR

El objetivo de este paquete es ayudar al usuario a

desarrollar un eficaz programa de enseñanza, que es 

específico a la mina y que cumple con las normas

de parte 46.

MSHA 1999 75 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: IG 36-S

 Precio: Gra tis

Part 46 Training Packet — Introduction to the

Work Environment

This pack age has 10 sec tions that re view various

sub jects which can be dis cussed with train ees in an

In tro duc tion to the Work En vi ron ment as re quired

un der the pro vi sions of part 46. Topics cov ered in -

clude: Sur face Ma chin ery, Sur face Ma chin ery

Safety, Dredges and Barges, Haul age, Pro cessing

(Milling and Crushing), Con veyors, Elec tric ity in

Mining, Welding, Blasting and Ex plo sives, and

Sand and Gravel.

MSHA 2000 75 pp

Cat No: IG 31

Price: Free of charge

Part 46 Training — Sand and Gravel Mines

(MNM)

De signed for use only at sand and gravel mines. Re -

peats gen eral ma te ri als con tained in IG 19 Sur face

Mines pro gram but has changes and ad di tions spe -

cific to sand and gravel op er a tions. Pack aged in

three vol umes:

(1) New Miners Training 212 pp

(2) Newly Employed Experienced

Miners Training 115 pp

(3) Annual Refresher Training 146 pp

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: IG 18

Price: $8.00 (3 books)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
Part 48 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Recognition in the Mining Industry

(C/MNM)

A course of study that in cludes les sons on com mon

types of drugs and their ef fects on the worker, al cohol as a com monly abused sub stance, how to rec ognize the symp toms of sub stance abuse, and how to

get as sis tance for abuse prob lems. Can be tai lored

to in clude the com pany’s Em ployee As sis tance Pro -

gram if avail able. In cludes tests and an swer sheets.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 26 pp

Student’s Text 15 pp

MSHA 1992

Cat No: IG 80

Price: Free of charge (one book)

$3.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$3.00 (Student’s Text)

Part 48 Training — Coal

Surface

Gen eral train ing ma te ri als de signed for use at all

sur face coal min ing op er a tions, in clud ing sur face

work ar eas of un der ground mines and coal prep a ration plants. The com plete pro gram con sists of 23

sep a rate train ing mod ules which sup port four Part

48 train ing cat e go ries:

(1) New Miners Training

(2) Newly Employed Experienced Miners Training

(3) Annual Refresher Training 

(4) Hazard Training

An out line is also fur nished to show train ers how

the pro gram is put to gether.

WV University Mining

 Extension Service 1980

BuM Contract JO188069

Cat No: IG 22

Price: $15.00 (23 modules, 1 outline)

Underground

Gen eral train ing ma te ri als de signed for use at all

un der ground coal min ing op er a tions. The com plete

pro gram con sists of 27 sep a rate train ing mod ules

which sup port four Part 48 train ing cat e go ries:

(1) New Miners Training

(2) Newly Employed Experienced Miners Training

(3) Annual Refresher Training 

(4) Hazard Training

An out line is also fur nished to show train ers how

the pro gram is put to gether.

WV University Mining

 Extension Service 1980

BuM Contract JO188069

Cat No: IG 23

Price: $18.00 (27 modules, 1 outline)

Part 48 Training — Metal/Nonmetal

Deep Mines

Gen eral ma te ri als de signed for use at all deep

metal/non metal mines — ex cept un der ground salt

mines. Pack aged in three vol umes:

(1) New Miners Training 519 pp 

(2) Newly Employed Experienced

Miners Training 123 pp 

(3) Annual Refresher Training 139 pp 

Bendix Corp 1981

BuM Contract JO308011

Cat No: IG 17

Price: $11.00 (3 books)

Surface Mines

Gen eral ma te ri als de signed for use at all sur face

metal/non metal mines — ex cept sand and gravel

op er a tions and sur face ura nium mines. Pack aged in

three vol umes:

(1) New Miners Training 218 pp

(2) Newly Employed Experienced

Miners Training 119 pp

(3) Annual Refresher Training 142 pp

Bendix Corp 1981

BuM Contract JO308011

Cat No: IG 19

Price: $8.00 (3 books)

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Underground Salt Mines

De signed for use only at un der ground salt mines.

Re peats gen eral ma te ri als con tained in IG 19 Sur -

face Mines pro gram but has changes and ad di tions

spe cific to un der ground salt min ing op er a tions.

Pack aged in three vol umes:

(1) New Miners Training 235 pp

(2) Newly Employed Experienced

Miners Training 118 pp

(3) Annual Refresher Training 139 pp

Bendix Corp 1981

BuM Contract JO308011

Cat No: IG 20

Price: $8.00 (3 books)

Part 50 — Coal and Metal/Nonmetal

Ti tle 30 CFR Part 50 de fines the ac ci dent, in jury,

ill ness, em ploy ment and pro duc tion (coal) re port ing

ob li ga tions to MSHA of op er a tors work ing on mine 

prop er ties. This in for ma tion also dis cusses the pro -

ce dures fol lowed in pro cess ing the re ported data, a

de scrip tion of some sta tis ti cal com pu ta tions used in

ar riv ing at in ci dent and se ver ity rates, and a ques -

tion and an swer sec tion. In ad di tion to the text ma -

te ri als, hand outs, les son plans, vi su als, and test and

eval u a tions are in cluded which will as sist in in -

struct ing 30 CFR Part 50 train ing.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 222 pp

Student’s Text 51 pp

MSHA Rev 1999

Cat No: CI 30 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 30a (Student’s Text)

Price: $5.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$3.00 (Student’s Text)

Permissibility – Electric Face Equipment

(C/MNM)

Ad dresses def i ni tions, man da tory re quire ments, and 

other in for ma tion con cern ing elec tric-driven min ing

equip ment.

Note to Trainer: Designed for use by

safety and maintenance personnel, mine

inspectors, and other mining personnel.

MSHA Rev 2002 38 pp

Cat No: SM 16

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Personal Protective Equipment (C/MNM)

Use of per sonal pro tec tive equip ment is nec es sary

in min ing (and in many other oc cu pa tional ar eas –

in clud ing some home ac tiv i ties). This man ual de -

scribes var i ous de vices used, why they are needed,

where they are needed, and how to care for the

equip ment. (Typ i cal equip ment in cludes head, eye,

face, foot and body pro tec tion de vices and re spi ratory pro tec tion de vices.)

MSHA Rev 1999 69 pp

Cat No: SM 14

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (SM 14-S)

see description below.

Equipo Per sonal de Protección

(C/MNM)

El uso del equipo per sonal de protección

es necesario en la minería (y en muchas otras áreas

profesionales – incluso unas actividades caseras).

Este man ual de scribe varios aparatos usados, por

qué se los necesitan, donde se los necesitan y como

se cuidan el equipo. (Equipo típico incluye aparatos 

para proteger la cabeza, los ojos, la cara, los pies, y

el cuerpo y aparatos para proteger la respiración.)

MSHA Revisado 1999 69 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: SM 14-S

Precio: Gra tis (1 libro)

US$ 2.00 (cada copia adicional)

Principles of Mine Rescue (C/MNM)

De signed to in struct min ing per son nel in the prin ciples in volved in mine res cue op er a tions and to in -

crease min ers’ aware ness of the ne ces sity of a

thor ough knowl edge of mine res cue tech niques.

MSHA Rev 2002 94 pp

Cat No: IG 16

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

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Program Policy Manual

Sum mary of MSHA’s pol i cies in the ar eas listed be low:

Volume I - 1977 Mine Act

Volume II - Testing and Evaluation

Volume III - 30 CFR Parts 40-50 and Part 100

Volume IV - Metal/Nonmetal Mines

Volume V - Coal Mines

MSHA Up dated each year

Cat No: OT 15 (Coal – Volumes I, II, III, V)

OT 16 (Metal/Nonmetal – Volumes I,

 III, IV)

OT 17 (General Interest – Volumes I-V)

Price: OT 15 $7.00

OT 16 $6.00

OT 17 $7.00

NOTE: Also avail able through MSHA’s home

page at http://www.msha.gov

Radiation Hazards in Mining

Deals with the oc cur rence of lung can cer from

breath ing ra dio ac tive dust par ti cles. Covers ra don

daugh ter haz ards, ra di a tion con trol and med i cal sur -

veil lance mea sures for mine per son nel.

MSHA Rev 2003 21 pp

Cat No: SM 7

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Repeat Violation Reduction Program (RVRP)

This pro gram was de vel oped by MSHA’s coal dis -

trict of fice in Morgantown, West Vir ginia, as an in -

spec tion pro ce dure. The in tent of the pro gram is to

re duce the num ber of re peat vi o la tions of man datory stan dards by iden ti fy ing the root causes of the

vi o la tions. It may also be used by in dus try per sonnel to re duce re peat vi o la tions.

MSHA Rev 2001 134 pp

Cat No: IG 63

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Roof and Rib Control (C)

This train ing pack age of les son plans, hand outs,

vi su als, and stu dent text is de signed to train Fed eral

mine in spec tors in roof con trol plans and man da tory

stan dards re lated to roof and rib con trol.

MSHA Rev 2003 322 pp

Cat No: CI 20

Price: $6.00

Rubber-Tired Front-End Loader and Forklift

Truck Accident Prevention (C/MNM)

De signed to show safe work ing pro ce dures for

front-end load ers and fork lift trucks.

MSHA Rev 2002 57 pp

Cat No: IG 30

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$3.00 (each additional copy)

Safety and Health Audit for Aggregate

Operators (MNM)

This safety and health au dit is a short ver sion adapted 

from IG-14a. It fo cuses on the most com mon vi o lations found at ag gre gate op er a tions, based on twenty

con di tions/prac tices that ac counted for vi o la tions

cited at sand, gravel, and crushed stone op er a tions in

2001. Com pleting this self-audit package is a first step

in de vel op ing a safety pro gram that will avoid com mon

con di tions/prac tices at your min ing op er a tion.

MSHA 2002 17 pp

Cat No: IG 14

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Safety and Health Audit for Aggregate

Operators – Long Version (MNM)

This safety and health au dit is a self-au dit pack age

that will help to check safety and health con di tions

at your sur face op er a tion. The au dit is fo cused on

the re quire ments of 30 CFR Part 56. Com pleting

this self-au dit pack age is a first step in de vel op ing a 

safety pro gram that will avoid com mon con di tions/

prac tices at your min ing op er a tion.

MSHA 2000 159 pp

Cat No: IG 14a

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

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Safety Basketball (MNM)

A 4-team game for use in train ing par tic i pants on

health and safety stan dards.

MSHA 1995 50 pp

Cat No: IG 78

Price: $4.00

Safety Observation (C/MNM)

De signed to help pres ent train ing to min ing in dus try

per son nel on safety ob ser va tion and to help man -

age ment un der stand that an ef fi cient safety ob ser vation can be in te grated into mine ac ci dent pre ven tion

pro grams. This ma te rial is a com pan ion to The Job

Safety Anal y sis Pro cess: A Prac ti cal Ap proach (IG 

83).

MSHA Rev 2001 30 pp

Cat No: IG 84

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (IG 84-S)

see description below.

Observación de Seguridad (C/MNM)

Diseñado para ayudar en entrenamientos

presentes del per sonal de la in du stria

minera en la observación de seguridad y para ayudar

a la gerencia a entender que una observación de

seguridad eficaz puede integrarse en programas de

prevención de accidentes. Este ma te rial es

complementario a El Proceso de Análisis del Trabajo 

Seguridad: Un Acercamiento Práctico (IG 83). 

MSHA Rev 2001 30 pp 

Número de

Catálogo: IG 84-S 

Precio: Gratis sin cargo (1 libro) 

US$ 2.00 (cada copia adicional) 

Sampling for Silica and Noise — A Handbook for

Metal/Nonmetal Miners and Mine Operators

This hand book pro vides min ers and mine op er a tors

with ba sic in for ma tion on sam pling meth ods and pro -

ce dures. It is based on the course ma te ri als for In dustrial Hy giene: Sam pling for Sil ica and Noise (IG-13).

MSHA 1999 37 pp

Cat No: IG 29

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Stockpiling Safety

Deals with the safe op er a tion of mo bile equip ment on 

and around stock piles. Dis cusses the haz ards as so ciated with stock piles and re views the pro ce dures that

can be used to min i mize the oc cur rence of ac ci dents.

MSHA Rev 2001 58 pp

Cat No: SM 27

Price: Free of charge (1 copy)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Strategies for Improving Miners’

Training (C/MNM)

This In for ma tion Cir cu lar from the Na tional In stitute for Oc cu pa tional Safety and Health (NIOSH)

doc u ments and sup ple ments the in for ma tion pre -

sented in a se ries of work shops. The first three pa -

pers in this doc u ment pres ent ba sic prin ci ples for

teach ing adults. The five re main ing pa pers are in -

tended to il lus trate how these prin ci ples can be ap -

plied to the de vel op ment and im ple men ta tion of

ef fec tive train ing for min ers.

NIOSH 2002 54 pp

Cat No: IG 34

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Substance Abuse Recognition for Supervisors

(C/MNM)

De signed to ed u cate su per vi sors in the com mon

types of drugs and their ef fects on the worker, how

to rec og nize a trou bled em ployee, and how to give

as sis tance. Can be tai lored to in clude the com pany’s

Em ployee As sis tance Pro gram if avail able.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 71 pp

Student’s Text 17 pp

MSHA 1992

Cat No: CI 11 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 11a (Student’s Text)

Price: $4.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$3.00 (Student’s Text)

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Supervisory Training Program (C)

De signed for coal mine sec tion su per vi sors. Fo cuses

on the knowl edge and skills needed to carry out su -

per vi sory re spon si bil i ties. Pack aged in two vol umes

(one for in struc tor and one for par tic i pants), and in -

cludes CD with 107 PowerPoint slides. Each vol -

ume is di vided into ten les sons:

1. Role of the Supervisor 

2. Leadership and Supervision 

3. Motivation

4. General Communications 

5. Organizational Communications 

6. Enforcing Rules and Regulations 

7. Performance Review 

8. Planning

9. Supervisors’ Training Responsibilities

10. Supervisors’ Safety Role 

Each vol ume is bound sep a rately. Com plete set of

train ing ma te ri als con tains:

Instructor’s Guide 456 pp

Participant’s Handbook 172 pp

CD

MSHA Rev 2002

Cat No: IG 4

Price: $7.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$4.00 (Participant’s Handbook)

$8.00 (CD)

Surface Contractors Training Program

(C/MNM)

This pro gram will pro vide rec om men da tions and in -

struc tional guide lines to help pre vent ac ci dents to

sur face con trac tors in the min ing in dus try. It in -

cludes six fun da men tal ac ci dent pre ven tion top -

ics: Re view of Per ti nent Fed eral Laws; Re view of

In de pend ent Con trac tor Fa tal ities; Re view of Gen -

eral First Aid; Re view Haz ard Training Ap pli cations; Re view Per ti nent Gen eral Safety Guide lines;

and Re view Line of Au thor ity and Re spon si bil ity.

MSHA 1999 478 pp

Cat No: OT 18

Price: $7.00

Surface Haulage Coal Mine Inspector Training

This set of ma te ri als cov ers 39 top ics re lat ing to

sur face coal mine haul age reg u la tions and pro cedures.

Books:

Instructor’s Guide 750 pp

Student’s Text 50 pp

MSHA 1997

Cat No: CI 22 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 22a (Student’s Text)

Price: $11.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$ 3.00 (Student’s Text)

Surface Haulage Metal/Nonmetal Mine

Inspector Training

This set of ma te ri als re views 86 top ics re lat ing to 

sur face metal/non metal mine haul age reg u la tions

and pro ce dures.

Books:

Instructor’s Guide 800 pp

Student’s Text 27 pp

MSHA 1997

Cat No: CI 45 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 45a (Student’s Text)

Price: $11.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$ 3.00 (Student’s Text)

Surface Haulage Safety (C/MNM)

Ac ci dents in volv ing haul age trucks and other

mo bile sur face equip ment con sti tute a ma jor safety

prob lem in the min ing in dus try. This man ual il lustrates the im por tant prin ci ples of haul road de sign

and main te nance, brak ing sys tem in spec tion and

main te nance, and driver pro ce dures re lat ing to truck 

run aways. A sec tion also looks at po ten tial haz ards

and pre ven tive mea sures as so ci ated with sur face

haul age, and how these haz ards can be min i mized

to equip ment op er a tors.

MSHA Rev 2000 50 pp

Cat No: SM 22

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

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Surface Installations (C)

De signed to train Fed eral coal mine in spec tors in

the in spec tion of sur face in stal la tions at both un derground and sur face mines, in clud ing coal prep a ration plants, in com pli ance with 30 CFR Part 77. A

les son on in spect ing ther mal dry ers is in cluded.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 189 pp

Student’s Text 56 pp

MSHA 1992

Cat No: CI 12 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 12a (Student’s Text)

Price: $5.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$3.00 (Student’s Text)

Surface Powered Haulage Safety (C/MNM)

This com puter CD con tains vi su als and dis cus sion

based on a class room pre sen ta tion de vel oped by

MSHA in struc tors. The train ing ma te rial is aimed at 

sur face haul age ac ci dent pre ven tion, and ad dresses

sev eral of the haz ards that may arise in sur face

haul age op er a tions at mines. It is pri mar ily de signed

for equip ment op er a tors, su per vi sors, and safety

per son nel at sur face mines, but may also ben e fit

oth ers who work at a sur face mine. The full pre senta tion may take about an hour and a half. The same

pre sen ta tion is avail able on MSHA’s home page

(www.msha.gov); how ever, the CD in cludes ad ditional for mats for those who wish to pres ent the ma -

te rial full-screen with a com puter pro jec tion sys tem,

with out be ing con nected to the in ternet, and/or wish 

to tai lor the ma te rial to their op er a tions.

MSHA 2000 1 CD

Cat No: IG 56-CD

Price: $8.00

Survey of Substance Abuse Programs in the

Mining Industry, A (C/MNM)

Sur vey con ducted for the Mining In dus try Com mittee on Sub stance Abuse. Gives in sight on com pany

pro grams de signed to curb work site al co hol and

drug use.

MSHA 1990 174 pp

Cat No: OT 30

Price: $5.00

Tire and Rim Safety Awareness Program

(C/MNM)

De signed for train ers of coal and metal/non metal

mine per son nel. Covers the han dling and ser vic ing

of multi- and sin gle-piece rim wheels.

MSHA Rev 1999 34 pp

Cat No: IG 60

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Also available in Spanish (IG 60-S)

see description below.

Programa de Información Sobre

Seguridad en el uso de Neumáticos y

Llantas

Este programa está diseñado por instructores de per -

sonal de las minas metales/no metales. Trata del

manejo y mantenimiento de ruedas de ambas llantas

de una pieza y llantas de más de una pieza. 

MSHA Revisado 1999 34 páginas

Número de

Catálogo: IG 60-S

Precio: Gra tis

US$ 4.00 (cada copia adicional)

Toolbox — Practical Ways to Reduce Exposure

to Diesel Exhaust in Mining

This tool box con tains prac ti cal ideas for re duc ing

min ers’ ex po sures to die sel par tic u late mat ter in the

min ing en vi ron ment.

MSHA 1999 93 pp

Cat No: OT 45

Price: $4.00

Traffic Control at Surface Mines and

Installations, Guidelines for (C/MNM)

All kinds and sizes of ve hi cles travel roads at sur -

face op er a tions. These ve hi cles are op er ated by

driv ers who travel the mine haul roads on a daily

ba sis or very in fre quently or even for the first time.

This means that there is a need for good traf fic con -

trol on mine haul roads. This full-color spi ral-bound

book let re views what mine op er a tors and driv ers

need to know about traf fic con trol.

MSHA Rev 2002 15 pp

Cat No: OT 26

Price: $4.00

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TRAP — Take Responsibility for Accident

Prevention

Near-misses are in ci dents which in di cate the pres -

ence of a haz ard – a “trap,” that is wait ing to catch a

miner. Traps come and go in the work place ev ery

day. Some are sim ple, such as a cord stretched across 

a walk way, while oth ers are more com plex such as a

poorly de signed set of con trols on a min ing ma chine.

In any case, traps are dan ger ous. “Take Re spon si bility for Ac ci dent Pre ven tion” is a proactive pro gram.

It in volves min ers, su per vi sors, man ag ers, and

MSHA in an ef fort to make the work place safer for

ev ery one. The TRAP Pro gram in cludes four short

courses. The en tire pro gram is avail able on CD.

MSHA Rev 2003

Cat No: IG 62-CD

IG 62a Take Responsibility for

Accident Prevention

IG 62b Task Training

IG 62c Miners’ Rights and

Responsibilities

IG 62d Supervisory Responsibilities

Price: Free of charge (1 of each book)

$2.00 IG 62a Take Responsibility

for Accident Prevention

$2.00 IG 62b Task Training

$2.00 IG 62c Miners’ Rights and

Responsibilities

$2.00 IG 62d Supervisory

Responsibilities

$8.00 1 CD of entire set

Underground Haulage, Transportation, and

Machinery (C)

De signed to train Fed eral coal mine in spec tors in

the in spec tion of haul age and trans por ta tion sys tems

and ma chin ery in un der ground coal mines, in com -

pli ance with 30 CFR Part 75.

Books

Instructor’s Guide 213 pp

Student’s Text 144 pp

MSHA 1992

Cat No: CI 13 (Instructor’s Guide)

CI 13a (Student’s Text)

Price: $5.00 (Instructor’s Guide)

$4.00 (Student’s Text)

Understanding MSHA’s HazCom

This book let ex plains HazCom’s ba sic com -

pli ance re spon si bil i ties by us ing eas ily un der stood

lan guage and mine-re lated ex am ples. It’s in tended

to fa mil iar ize mine op er a tors with each of

HazCom’s re quire ments, what they mean, and what

an op er a tor must do to com ply with the stan dard.

MSHA 2002 38 pp

Cat No: OT 50

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$1.00 (each additional copy)

Winter Alert (C/MNM)

Sur veys po ten tially dan ger ous con di tions encountered in un der ground coal op er a tions dur ing the

win ter months, and cov ers win ter re lated sur face

min ing haz ards. Al though pri mar ily in tended for

coal, much of the in for ma tion in this man ual can be

ap plied to metal/non metal mines. 

MSHA Rev 2002 64 pp

Cat No: SM 19

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

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TRAINING MATERIALS
This section is an alphabetical listing of the available printed pocket cards. Cards

available in Spanish are indicated with an “S” after the Card No.

(Esta sección es una lista alfabética de las tarjetas de bolsillo impresas disponibles. Las

tarjetas disponibles en español se indican con una “S” después del Número de la Tarjeta.)

g Best Practice Card Series (BP) g

BP-1 Brake Systems

BP-1S Sistema de Frenos

BP-2 Cab Inspection

BP-2S Inspección de Cabina

BP-3 Haulage Equipment Operators

BP-3S Operadores de Equipo de Transporte

BP-4 Haulage Safety Attitude

BP-4S Actitud Sobre la Seguridad en Equipo

de Acarreos

BP-5 Highway Truck Pre-Operation

Inspection

BP-5S Inspecciones Pre-Operativas par

a Camiones de carretera

BP-6 100-Ton or Greater Truck PreOperation Inspection

BP-6S Inspecciones Pre-Operativas para

Camiones de 100 o más Toneladas

BP-7 100-Ton or Less Truck Pre-Operation

Inspection

BP-7S Inspecciones Pre-Operativas para

Camiones de 100 o menos Toneladas

BP-8 Pre- & Post-Operation Inspection of

Surface Haulage Equipment

BP-8S Inspecciones pre-operativas y

post-operativas a los equipos de carga

de superficie

BP-9 ROPS (Rollover Protective Structure)

and FOPS (Falling Object Protective

Structure)

BP-9S ROPS (Estructura Protectora de

Rodillos y FOPS (Estructura Protectora

Contra Caidas de Objectos)

BP-10 Steering

BP-10S La Dirección

BP-11 Surface Mine, Powered Truck Haulage

Dumping Procedures

BP-11S Camión Volquete Procedimientos de

Vertido Exploración de Minas al aire

libre

BP-12 Truckers’ Training Checklist

BP-12S Lista de Verificación de Entrenamiento

BP-13 Maintenance, Repair and Construction

BP-13S Mantenimiento, Reparación y

Construcción

BP-14 Operating Equipment Near a Body of Water

BP-14S Equipos Operados Cerca del Agua

BP-15 Contractors’ Machinery

BP-15S Maquinaria para Contratistas

BP-16 Contractors’ Powered Haulage

BP-16S Recomendaciones de Seguridad Para

Contratistas Conductores de Camiones

BP-17 Electricity

BP-17S Seguridad Eléctrica

BP-18 Drowning Prevention

BP-18S Prevención Contra Ahogamientos

BP-19 Mechanics (MNM Contractors)

BP-19S Reparación y Mantenimiento Seguridad

Para Contratista

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POCKET CARDS 

TARJETAS DE BOLSILLO

MSHA has de vel oped a se ries of pocket cards cov er ing a va ri ety of top ics as part of the Agency’s con -

tin u ing ef fort to pro tect the health and safety of our Na tion’s min ers. Each pack con tains 100 cards.

One pack is free of charge. Ad di tional packs cost $5.00 each. Be sure to in clude the Card No. and

quan tity when or der ing.

(MSHA ha desarrollado una serie de tarjetas de bolsillo cubriendo una variedad de temas como parte

del continuo esfuerzo de la Agencia para proteger la salud y seguridad de los mineros de nuestra

Nación. Cada paquete contiene 100 tarjetas. Un paquete es gratuito. Paquetes adicionales costaron

$5.00 cada uno. Esté seguro de incluir el Número de la Tarjeta y cantidad a pedir.)
BP-20 Electrical Safety

BP-20S Seguridad Elèctrica Para Contratistas

BP-21 Cranes (MNM Contractors)

BP-21S Grúas Para Contratistas

BP-22 Welding/Cutting (MNM Contractors)

BP-22S Soldadura y Corte Para Contratistas

BP-23 Haulage (MNM Contractors)

BP-23S Carga Para Contratistas

BP-24 Extended Cuts - Remote Control Miners

BP-24S Cortes Extendidos Mineros Operando

Equipos a Control Remoto

BP-25 Remote Control Miners

BP-25S Mineros Operando Equipos a Control

Remoto

BP-26 Roof Evaluation and Examination

BP-26S Evaluación y Examinación de Techos

BP-27 Retreat Mining

BP-27S Operaciones Mineras Finales

BP-28 Roof Bolting

BP-28S Pernando Techos

BP-29 Moving to a New Location, Mine or

Job

BP-29S Moviéndose a Una Nueva Localización,

Mina o Trabajo

BP-30 Tire and Rim Safety (MNM)

BP-30S - Seguridad de Neumáticos y Rines

BP-31 Drilling - Contractors (MNM)

BP-31S Perforando Metal/No-Metal Para

Contratistas

BP-32 Blasting - Contractors (MNM)

BP-32S Detonaciones y Explosivos Para Metal/

No-Metal Para Contratistas

BP-33 Pressure Vessels (MNM)

BP-33S Recipientes a Presión Recipientes

Explosivos

BP-34 Surge Pile Safety

BP-34S Seguridad en sitios de Almacenamiento

BP-35 Electrical Safety in Mining

BP-35S Seguridad Eléctrica en las Minas de

Carbón

BP-36 Haulage Roads

BP-36S Vías de Carga

BP-37 Highwall Drills

BP-37S Taladrado de Corte Lateral

BP-38 Suggested Safety Measures for 

Operating Equipment on Surge Pile

BP-38S Medidas de Seguridad Sugeridas para

Equipos Operando en Depósitos de

Almacenamiento

BP-39 Truck Drivers - Dump Sites

BP-39S Conductores de Camiones – Sitios para

Descargar

BP-40 Truck Drivers - Safe Operating

Procedures

BP-40S Conductores de Camiones –

Procedimientos de Operación Segura

BP-41 Truck Drivers - Vehicle Capabilities

BP-41S Conductores de Camiones –

Capacidades de su Vehículo

BP-42 Truck Drivers - Arrive Home Alive

BP-42S Camiones de Carga – Llegue a Casa

Vivo

BP-43 Coal Mine Roof Bolter Operators and

Helpers

BP-43S Pernos de las Azotea de las Mina de

Carbón Operadores y Ayudantes

BP-44 Underground Powered Haulage Safety

for Coal Miners

BP-44S Seguridad para Sistemas de Carga

Subterráneos en las Minas de Carbón

BP-45 Roof and Rib Safety in Coal Mines

BP-45S Seguridad en los Techos y Paredes

Laterales de las Minas de Carbón

BP-46 Coal Mine Longwall Section Employees

BP-46S Minería de Carbón de Corte

Transversal Sección de Empleados

BP-47 Continuous Miner/Loading Machine

Operators and Helpers

BP-47S Minería Continua / Cargadores

Operadores y Ayudantes de Maquinarias

BP-48 Conveyor Safety Tips for Laborers

BP-48S Sugerencias para los Obreros

BP-49 Conveyor Safety Tips for Mechanics

BP-49S Sugerencias para los Mecánicos

BP-50 Conveyor Safety Tips for Plant

Operators

BP-50S Sugerencias para los Operadores de

Planta 

BP-51 Conveyor Safety Tips for Supervisors

BP-51S Sugerencias para los Supervisores

BP-52 Hazardous Conditions: Posting,

Correcting, and Recording (Coal)

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POCKET CARDS
BP-52S Condiciones Peligrosas: Fijando,

Corrigiendo, y Registrando

BP-53 On-Shift Examination (Coal)

BP-53S Examinaciones Durante los Turnos de

Trabajo

BP-54 Preshift Examination (Coal)

BP-54S Examinación antes de los Turnos de

Trabajo

BP-55 Weekly Examinantion (Coal)

BP-55S Examinación Semanal

BP-56 Bucket Repair (Anthracite)

BP-57 Crane Operation (Anthracite)

BP-58 Electrical (Anthracite)

BP-59 Hoisting/Man Trips (Anthracite)

BP-60 Roof Bolter (Anthracite)

BP-61 Safety Reminders for Truck Drivers at

Dump Points (Anthracite)

BP-62 Slips or Falls Underground

(Anthracite)

BP-63 Timberman/Miner (Anthracite)

BP-64 Working Around Bins, Hoppers, and

Draw-Off Tunnels (Anthracite)

BP-65 Winter Alert

BP-65S Alerta de Invierno para Mineros de

Carbón

BP-66 MSHA Notice for Contractors

BP-66S Anuncio de la MSHA para Contratistas

BP-67 Responsibilities of Independent

Contractors Working on Mine Property

BP-67S Responsabilidades de los Contratistas

Independientes Trabajando en

Propiedades Mineras

BP-68 Repair and Maintenance of Surface

Equipment

BP-68S Reparación y Mantenimiento de

Equipo

de Superficie

BP-69 Falling/Sliding Material, Highwalls

and Banks

BP-69S Material Deslizándose/Cayéndose de

Barrancos y Paredes Altas

BP-70 Slips and Falls on Mobile Equipment

BP-71 Geology and Mining - Ground Control

for Underground Gold Mines

BP-71S La Geología y las Condiciones de la

Minería - El Control de Terrenos Para

las Minas Subterráneas de Oro 

BP-72 Examination/Testing/Scaling - Ground

Control for Underground Gold Mines

BP-72S La inspección/Las pruebas/El

saneamiento- El Con trol de Terrenos

Para las Minas Subterráneas de Oro

BP-73 Rock Bolting - Ground Control for

Underground Gold Mines

BP-73S El Bulonaje – El Control de Terrenos

Para las Minas Subterráneas de Oro

BP-74 Retreat Mining Roof Fall Fatal

Analysis

BP-75 Advance Mining Roof Fall Fatal Analysis

BP-76 Weekly CO Checks – Repeatable

Engine Load Test: Torque Converter

Transmissions

BP-77 Weekly CO Checks – Repeatable

Engine Load Test: Hydrostatic

Transmissions

51

POCKET CARDS 
g Health Hazard Card Series (HH) g

HH-1 Examination of Respirable Dust

Controls at Underground Coal Mine

HH-2 Mineral Dust Hazard and Sampling (C)

HH-3 Polyurethane Foam Health Hazards (C)

HH-4 Silica Exposure of Surface Coal Miners

HH-5 Hazards of Silica to Underground

Coal Miners

HH-6 Silica Exposure of MNM Miners

HH-7 Tips for Preventing Silicosis: If It’s

Silica, It’s Not Just Dust (NIOSH)

HH-8 Advisory Committee Recommendations

to Eliminate Black Lung and Silicosis

HH-9 Two Minutes on Silicosis for Metal and

Nonmetal Miners

HH-10 Two Minutes on Silicosis for Coal Miners

HH-11 Working in Confined Spaces (MNM)

HH-12 Filter Self-Rescue Devices (MNM)

HH-13 Hazards of Radon Progeny

HH-14 Poison Plants

HH-15 Personal Noise Measurements (MNM)

HH-16 Working With Mercury (MNM)

HH-17 “Watch Your Back” - Prevent Back

Injuries

HH-18 Welding Hazards (MNM)

HH-19 Mineral Dust Hazards and Sampling

(MNM)

HH-20 Heat Stress

HH-21 Asbestos Hazards in the Mining

Industry

HH-22 Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis (Black

Lung)

HH-23 Controlling Dust for a Healthier Work

Environment

HH-24 Respirable Dust Monitoring Using

Single, Full-Shift Samples

HH-25 Cold Injuries

HH-26 Diesel Exhaust Gases - Nitrogen

Dioxide (NO2)

HH-27 Diesel Exhaust Gases - Carbon

Monoxide (CO)

HH-28 Carbon Monoxide and Mining

HH-30 Bloodborne Pathogens

HH-31 Hearing Conservation

HH-32 Beryllium Hazards in the Mining

Industry

HH-33 Tips for Dusty Jobs – Baggers

HH-34 Tips for Dusty Jobs – Mobile

Equipment Operators

HH-35 Tips for Dusty Jobs – Drillers

HH-36 Tips for Dusty Jobs – Crusher

Operators

HH-37 Tips for Dusty Jobs – Laborers

HH-38 Tips for Dusty Jobs – Stone Cutters

52

POCKET CARDS
BP-1 Brake Systems

BP-1S Sistema de Frenos

BP-2 Cab Inspection

BP-2S Inspección de Cabina

BP-3 Haulage Equipment Operators

BP-3S Operadores de Equipo de Transporte

BP-4 Haulage Safety Attitude

BP-4S Actitud Sobre la Seguridad en Equipo

de Acarreos

BP-5 Highway Truck Pre-Operation

Inspection

BP-5S Inspecciones Pre-Operativas par

a Camiones de carretera

BP-6 100-Ton or Greater Truck PreOperation Inspection

BP-6S Inspecciones Pre-Operativas para

Camiones de 100 o más Toneladas

BP-7 100-Ton or Less Truck Pre-Operation

Inspection

BP-7S Inspecciones Pre-Operativas para

Camiones de 100 o menos Toneladas

BP-8 Pre- & Post-Operation Inspection of

Surface Haulage Equipment

BP-8S Inspecciones pre-operativas y

post-operativas a los equipos de carga

de superficie

BP-9 ROPS (Rollover Protective Structure)

and FOPS (Falling Object Protective

Structure)

BP-9S ROPS (Estructura Protectora de

Rodillos y FOPS (Estructura Protectora

Contra Caidas de Objectos)

BP-10 Steering

BP-10S La Dirección

BP-11 Surface Mine, Powered Truck Haulage

Dumping Procedures

BP-11S Camión Volquete Procedimientos de

Vertido Exploración de Minas al aire

libre

BP-12 Truckers’ Training Checklist

BP-12S Lista de Verificación de Entrenamiento

BP-15 Contractors Machinery

BP-15S Maquinaria para Contratistas

BP-16 Contractors’ Powered Haulage

BP-16S Recomendaciones de Seguridad Para

Contratistas Conductores de Camiones

BP-19 Mechanics (MNM Contractors)

BP-19S Reparación y Mantenimiento Seguridad

Para Contratista

BP-20 Electrical Safety

BP-20S Seguridad Elèctrica Para Contratistas

BP-21 Cranes (MNM Contractors)

BP-21S Grúas Para Contratistas

BP-22 Welding/Cutting (MNM Contractors)

BP-22S Soldadura y Corte Para Contratistas

BP-23 Haulage (MNM Contractors)

BP-23S Carga Para Contratistas

BP-31 Drilling - Contractors (MNM)

BP-31S Perforando Metal/No-Metal Para

Contratistas

BP-32 Blasting - Contractors (MNM)

BP-32S Detonaciones y Explosivos Para Metal/

No-Metal Para Contratistas

BP-66 MSHA Notice for Contractors

BP-66S Anuncio de la MSHA para Contratistas

BP-67 Responsibilities of Independent

Contractors Working on Mine Property

BP-67S Responsabilidades de los Contratistas

Independientes Trabajando en

Propiedades Mineras

BP-68 Repair and Maintenance of Surface

Equipment

BP-68S Reparación y Mantenimiento de Equipo

de Superficie

BP-69 Falling/Sliding Material, Highwalls

and Banks

BP-69S Material Deslizándose/Cayéndose de

Barrancos y Paredes Altas

BP-70 Slips and Falls on Mobile Equipment

53

POCKET CARDS 

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This sec tion lists train ing ma te ri als (ex er cises) de vel oped by the Na tional In sti tute

of Oc cu pa tional Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the for mer Bu reau of Mines.

Each ex er cise is fol lowed by a sum mary of the ex er cise con tent, type of au di ence

for which it is de signed, ma te ri als needed to com plete the ex er cise, cost of

ma te ri als, and the cat a log or der ing num ber. NOTE: Each exercise has specific

information pertaining to that individual exercise. 

For more information on these products, contact Bobbie Calhoun at 412-386-5901

(see page v for complete address, fax, and e-mail information).

There are no products in this section available in Spanish.

(No hay ningún producto disponible en español en esta sección.)

Apparent Diving Accident (C/MNM)

You are on a pic nic with your fam ily. Some teen ag ers

ask you to help their friend who is hurt. You find a

young man ly ing on the bank of a river. He ap pears

par tially par a lyzed. His friends say he was in jured div -

ing into the shal low wa ter. You must de cide what to

do.

Audience:

Basic first aid class

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 1

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Basics of Transformers and Monitors (C/MNM)

Mining equip ment of ten makes use of AC cir cuits

with trans form ers. AC cir cuits with trans form ers are 

the ba sis for ground fault mon i tor ing sys tems that

are used on shut tle cars and other equip ment. These

safety sys tems are de signed to pre vent elec tri cal

shocks to work ers. If ground mon i tor sys tems are

by passed, se ri ous in ju ries and fa tal i ties can re sult.

You need to work through the ex er cise an swer ing

ques tions about the di a grams.

Audience:

Mine electricians and miners 

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Problem booklet - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheets - may be du pli cated from the

In struc tor’s copy

Dem on stra tion ap pa ra tus which al lows the class

mem bers to du pli cate the con di tions found in

the ex er cise - di rec tions for mak ing this are

found in the in struc tor’s copy as well as a list

of ma te ri als needed. Items should be readily

avail able lo cally.

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the di a grams found in the in struc tor’s copy and 

the prob lem book let

Cat No: NI 2

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

55

NIOSH MATERIALS

 MATERIALES DE NIOSH 
Belt Fire Exercise (C)

You are the fore man for an eight per son crew that

is ad vanc ing the head ings of a long wall en try. You 

re ceive a call from the dis patcher re port ing smoke

com ing out the belt en try from your sec tion 5,000

feet outby your po si tion. The air at the face is clear.

You must de cide how to evac u ate the sec tion, what

equip ment to take with you, gather in for ma tion

about the lo ca tion and size of the fire, and de ter mine

if you should fight the fire or leave. The lives of the

eight min ers you su per vise, the lives of many other

min ers in the mine, and the well-be ing of the mine

de pend upon your judg ments and ac tions.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Problem booklet - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 3

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Belt Fire Injury (C)

You are the sec tion fore man. Af ter you com plete

your meth ane check at the face of No. 2 en try, you

think you hear some one yell ing “Fire!” You run

down No. 2 en try and through the last open cross cut

to No. 3 en try. You see Louie, the sec tion me chanic,

run ning up No. 3 en try. Louie informs you that there

is a fire along the belt, 2 cross cuts outby the tail piece.

He also tells you that he has found Ollie ly ing in jured

along the belt just outby the fire. You ex am ine the

sit u a tion and de ter mine that Ollie suf fered a spi nal

in jury when he fell while try ing to fight the fire. As

the sec tion fore man and only EMT, you must treat

Ollie’s in ju ries plus di rect fire fight ing ef forts.

Audience:

Underground coal miners and section foremen

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Problem booklet - 1 for each trainee, may be

duplicated from the Instructor’s copy

Answer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 persons 

working the exercise

Developing pens - 1 for each answer sheet.

Information may be obtained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 4

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Belt Haulage Accident (C)

 [Previously called Douglas O. Tackett]

You are a gen eral in side la borer. You and Douglas

Tackett are shov el ing loose coal onto the belt. While

pitch ing a load, Douglas catches the tip of his shovel

on the mov ing belt. Douglas’ arm is thrown up and

back as he is spun around and the shovel is flung down 

the en try. Douglas swears and holds his right shoul der

with his left hand. His shoul der looks de formed and he 

says it hurts. You must de cide what to do.

NOTE: This ex er cise is very sim i lar to the Belt

Line Prob lem de signed for sur face metal

or non metal min ers.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Problem booklet - 1 for each trainee, may be

duplicated from the Instructor’s copy

Answer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 persons 

working the exercise

Developing pens - 1 for each answer sheet.

Information may be obtained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 5

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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NIOSH MATERIALS
Belt Line Problem (MNM)

 [Previously called Douglas O. Sanders]

You are a la borer. You and Doug Sanders are shov eling onto the belt. While work ing, Doug catches the

tip of his shovel on the mov ing belt. Doug’s arm is

thrown up and back as he is spun around and the

shovel is flung away. Doug swears and holds his

right shoul der with his left hand. His shoul der looks

de formed and he says it hurts. You must de cide what

to do.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to the Belt Haul age

Ac ci dent de signed for un der ground coal

min ers.

Audience:

Underground and surface metal/nonmetal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Problem booklet - 1 for each trainee, may be

duplicated from the Instructor’s copy

Answer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 persons 

working the exercise

Developing pens - 1 for each answer sheet.

Information may be obtained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 6

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Bennie’s Chest Pain (C)

 [Pre vi ously called Bennie J. Floyd]

You and Bennie are build ing cribs in an en try that

was cut too wide. It is near the end of the shift. As

you are about to fin ish a crib, Bennie kneels,

clutches his chest, and gasps. When you ques tion

him he says he has bad chest pain and trou ble

breath ing. Bennie wants to rest a min ute and then

fin ish the job. You must de cide what to do.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

In struc tor’s copy

Prob lem booklet - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 7

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Bernie’s Feeder Ac ci dent (MNM)

 [Pre vi ously called Bernie T. Red dish]

A feeder in the re claim tun nel un der the prod uct

pile at a phos phate ore pro cess ing plant has failed

and fallen on the belt con veyor. The belt has

stopped. You and two work ers are mov ing tim bers

to prop and jack the failed feeder so it can be re -

paired. Bernie, one of your co work ers, is tired. He

places him self in a dan ger ous po si tion. He is hurt.

You must pro vide first aid and re move him from the 

tun nel.

NOTE: This ex er cise is very sim i lar to Cleo’s

Long wall Ac ci dent de signed for un derground coal min ers and Leroy’s Feeder

Ac ci dent de signed for coal prep a ra tion

plant work ers.

Au di ence:

Sur face metal/non metal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

In struc tor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 8

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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NIOSH MATERIALS
Bob’s Elec tri cal Shock (C)

[Pre vi ously called Bob Hall]

Your friend, Bob Hall, leans against the elec tric

track of the elec tric load ing shovel. The shovel

lights go out and Bob con vulses. The mine floor is

wet. You want to help Bob, but you need to pro tect

your self too. 

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to Bob’s Loader

Ac ci dent de signed for sur face coal min ers.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

In struc tor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 9

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Bob’s Loader Ac ci dent (C/MNM)

[Pre vi ously called Bob Woods Ex er cise]

Your friend, Bob Woods, leans against the elec tric

track of the elec tric load ing shovel. The shovel lights

go out and Bob con vulses. The ground is wet. You

want to help Bob, but you need to pro tect your self

too. You must de cide what to do and how to do it.

NOTE: This ex er cise is very sim i lar to Bob’s Elec -

tri cal Shock de signed for un der ground

coal min ers.

Au di ence:

Sur face min ers who are trained in CPR

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 10

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Bull’s Double Header: Too Much Unsupported

Roof (C)

You work at a mine that has ap proval to make 34-

foot cuts us ing a re mote-con trolled con tin u ous

miner. The roof bolt ing ma chine has bro ken down.

The con tin u ous miner has just been re fit ted with a

new cut ting head and bits that cut the coal much

faster. The two roof bolter op er a tors have been hav -

ing a hard time keep ing up with Bull, the con tin uous miner op er a tor. At the face of No. 4 en try, Bull

makes a 40-foot ex tended cut, trams back from the

face, and then turns the miner and cuts the left-hand 

cross cut all the way through to the No. 3 en try.

When the roof bolter op er a tors dis cover Bull’s

“dou ble header,” they get the sec tion fore man, and

then try to plan a safe way to bolt this large area of

un sup ported roof. Shortly af ter they com plete their

as sess ment and plan of at tack, a large roof fall oc -

curs. Now the face crew must de cide how to safely

clean up the fall while ad vanc ing roof sup port.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

Answer sheets may be duplicated from the

instructor’s copy

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the diagrams found in the problem booklet and 

the answer key found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 11

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

58

NIOSH MATERIALS
Cleo’s Long wall Ac ci dent (C)

[Pre vi ously called Cleo C. Pike]

You are pull ing tim bers off the chain con veyor of a

long wall sec tion and hand ing them to Cleo. Cleo is

putt ing the tim bers on top of the low ered shield to

give the shield con tact with the roof in a faulted

area. Cleo’s hand is crushed by a roof fall. You and

one other miner are the only ones avail able to help

him. As you help him, he passes out. Now you must 

de cide what to do.

NOTE: A com pan ion ex er cise Cleo’s Long wall Ac -

ci dent role play sim u la tion is also avail -

able. This ex er cise is also sim i lar to

Bernie’s Feeder Ac ci dent de signed for

phos phate ore, sand and gravel, and

crushed rock pro cess ing plant work ers and 

Leroy’s Feeder Ac ci dent de signed for coal 

prep a ra tion plant work ers.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

In struc tor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 12

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Cleo’s Longwall Accident (C) – Role Play 

[Previously called Cleo C. Pike role play simulation]

You are a jack set ter and an EMT. Your part ner

Cleo yells for help. You find that his hand was

crushed by a rock fall when he reached be tween a

low ered chock and the roof. You ad min is ter first aid 

us ing the mine first aid kit that is avail able. Your

first aid per for mance will be rated against a check -

list by the in struc tor and your class mates.

NOTE: This ex er cise is a par al lel ver sion of the in -

vis i ble ink Cleo’s Long wall Ac ci dent ex ercise. The role play ver sion pro vides

hands-on prac tice of the first aid skills in -

volved in the Cleo’s Long wall Ac ci dent,

Bernie’s Feeder Ac ci dent, and Leroy’s

Feeder Ac ci dent in vis i ble ink ex er cises.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 13

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Coal Miners’ Chest X-ray Pro gram (C)

As some of the min ers are eat ing lunch at the sec -

tion din ner hole, Jeb, a youn ger miner, asks about

the no tice of the chest x-ray pro gram he has seen on 

the com pany bul le tin board. The min ers be gin talk -

ing about the pro gram. Ques tions are raised about

the pur pose of the pro gram, how it op er ates, what

hap pens to the x-rays, and if it is im por tant for min -

ers to par tic i pate in the pro gram. As these mat ters

are dis cussed you are asked to give your ad vice and

opin ions about these mat ters. As the ex er cise is

com pleted, the min ers will learn more about this

pro gram.

Au di ence:

Un der ground and sur face min ers at un der ground

coal mines

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 14

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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Continuous Miner Accident (C)

[Previously called Harry Harlan]

You are the con tin u ous miner op er a tor. You hear your

helper cry out. When you stop the ma chine, you find

Harry ly ing on the floor near the miner tail boom. A

shut tle car op er a tor says he saw Harry get pinned to

the mine roof by the tail boom. You and the other min -

ers on the sec tion must fig ure out how to care for

Harry and take him out of the mine or he may die.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to the Haul Truck

Re pair Ac ci dent de signed for sur face min -

ers. The ex er cise Con tin u ous Miner Ac cident role play pro vides hands-on prac tice

of the first aid skills re quired in this ex ercise.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

In struc tor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 15

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Con tin u ous Miner Ac ci dent (C) – Role Play

[Pre vi ously called Harry Harlan role play]

You are the con tin u ous miner op er a tor. You hear

your helper cry out. When you stop the ma chine,

you find Harry ly ing on the floor near the miner tail

boom. A shut tle car op er a tor says he saw Harry get

pinned to the mine roof by the tail boom. You and

the other min ers on the sec tion must do a pri mary

sur vey and then be gin to treat Harry’s in ju ries, sta -

bi lize him, and pre pare him for the trip to the sur -

face. You have a mine first aid kit. There is no EMT 

avail able. Your first aid per for mance will be rated

against a check list by the in struc tor and your class -

mates.

NOTE: This ex er cise pro vides hands-on prac tice

for the first aid skills re quired for the Con -

tin u ous Miner Ac ci dent and Haul Truck

Re pair Ac ci dent in vis i ble ink ex er cises.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 16

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Con tin u ous Miner Fire (C)

You are a mine sec tion fore man. While com plet ing

pre-shift checks at the face for the on com ing sec ond

shift, you hear some one yell ing “Fire!” You re -

spond and find the con tin u ous min ing ma chine on

fire in the last open cross cut. Near the fire a miner

is down and in jured. The fire is hot and get ting out

of hand. The mine roof over the burn ing ma chine

be gins to work and fall. Two min ers are down wind

from the smoke and miss ing. You must de cide what 

to do to help the in jured miner, fight the fire, and lo -

cate the two miss ing min ers while keep ing your

crew and your self safe.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 17

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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Crip ple Creek Deep Cut (C)

For the past few days you have been sent to 2 South 

panel to fill in as the third shut tle car op er a tor. This

morn ing, how ever, your buggy is down. The face

boss asks you to get the scoop and take seven or

eight tim bers to the No. 5 en try be cause the last

shift got off sight line. The miner will be work ing in 

en try 5 while the bolter crew pins en try 4. When

you get up to the face you see that Mo, the re mote

con trol con tin u ous miner op er a tor, has rounded off

the left inby cor ner in or der to make his first cuts in

the right hand rib. Now, he has squared around

enough so that you and Red, the miner helper, can

set some posts on the cor ner. The two of you set

posts along the left inby rib of No. 5 en try while the 

shut tle car op er a tor waits. You are in a tight spot

when Mo de cides to start min ing. You must de cide

where the best place is to stand for safety and yet

per form your job ef fec tively. You also must learn to 

com mu ni cate with the con tin u ous miner op er a tor

and the rest of the crew. There are sev eral im por tant

de ci sions that you need to be make that af fect your

safety as well as the oth ers in your crew. 

Au di ence:

Re mote con trol and ex tended cut miner op er a tors

and face crews

Ma te rials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet. These 

are “PENIB” and may be ob tained from

SICPA Cus tomer Ser vice, 8000 Re search

Way, Spring field, VA 22153, phone

1-888-742-7287

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 18

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Cutthrough Ven ti la tion Ar range ment (C)

Three shifts on two sec tions are driv ing en tries

4,800 feet from the mains to form a re treat ing long -

wall panel. The mine is very gassy. One sec tion is

about to cut through to the other. A num ber of prob -

lems de velop. You need to make sure that the

cutthrough pro ceeds safely and the ven ti la tion for

both sec tions re mains ad e quate. As the prob lem de -

vel ops, other min ers make er rors. If you do not cor -

rect them, lives may be lost.

NOTE: The Delta Mine Cutthrough pa per and

pen cil ex er cise is a more dif fi cult and

some what dif fer ent ver sion of this prob lem.

Au di ence:

Coal mine fore men, su per vi sors, ex am in ers, and

ex pe ri enced miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 19

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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Delta Mine Cutthrough (C)

Planned cutthroughs from one mine sec tion to an -

other are un der way over a pe riod of sev eral days

and three shifts as a re treat ing long wall panel is be -

ing set up. The mine lib er ates large quan ti ties of

meth ane. You must an a lyze the sit u a tion, iden tify

and cor rect prob lems, and make sure the ven ti la tion

re mains ad e quate through out the pro ce dure. (The

ex er cise is based on an ac tual mine di sas ter in

which seven min ers died.) Prac tice is pro vided in

the crit i cal plan ning, prob lem rec og ni tion, judg -

ment, and de ci sion-mak ing skills needed to cope

with a com plex cutthrough pro ce dure and the ma jor

ven ti la tion changes that may re sult.

NOTE: The Cutthrough Ven ti la tion Ar range ment

ex er cise is an eas ier and some what dif ferent ver sion of this prob lem.

Au di ence:

Coal mine su per vi sors, mine fore men, and mine

ex am in ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the diagrams found in the instructor’s copy and 

the problem booklet

Cat No: NI 20

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Elec tri cal Shock Vic tim (MNM)

[Pre vi ously called Lynwood W. Puckett]

You and Lynwood are main te nance me chan ics re -

pair ing a piece of equip ment in the float plant. It is

night shift and dark and wet. You are on the fifth

level and no one else is around. You de cide to use

an elec tric im pact wrench to break a cou pling on an

acid mixer. A nearby wall-mounted 110-volt re cepta cle is drip ping wa ter. Be cause it is dark, Lynwood 

does not see the wa ter drip ping from the re cep ta cle.

You try to warn him, but he ap proaches the re cep tacle and plugs in the wrench. Then he con vulses.

You must de cide what to do to help Lynwood and

not get elec tro cuted your self.

Au di ence:

Phos phate ore, sand and gravel, crushed rock,

and other ore pro cess ing plant work ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 22

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Escape From a Mine Fire (C)

You are the fore man on a 3 en try long wall de vel opment panel 2,500 feet from the mains, and 15,000

feet from the por tal. Sud denly a cloud of smoke co -

mes up the belt en try. As you warn and as sem ble

the crew the smoke be comes thick. A call from the

sur face or ders the im me di ate evac u a tion of the sec -

tion. The lo ca tion of the fire is un known. You lead

the min ers out the in take air en try only to en coun ter

heavy smoke af ter a few cross cuts. You di rect the

min ers to don their SCSRs and con tinue on. One

miner can not keep up and de lays the es cape of the

oth ers. Soon the smoke be comes so thick that vis ibil ity is only a few inches. The por tal is still over

two miles away. You must help your crew es cape

from the mine be fore their SCSRs are de pleted, but

you also do not want to leave the one miner be hind.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

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In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 24

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire Risk

Assessment (C/MNM)

This train ing pack age out lines a group ac tiv ity.

Dur ing this ses sion train ees will: 1) learn about risk

as sess ment con cepts and tools and 2) con duct a risk

as sess ment of their work en vi ron ment. The guide

out lines six steps to com ple tion of a fire risk as sessment and pro vides two forms that can be used to

doc u ment the pro cess. Ref er ences for ad di tional in -

for ma tion are in cluded. Con ducting this ac tiv ity

with groups of work ers on-site will re sult in the

iden ti fi ca tion and pri or i tiz a tion of fire safety haz -

ards. This will lead in creased ef fec tive ness in fire

pre ven tion and re sponse plan ning.

Au di ence:

Any group of work ers fa mil iar with the

lo ca tion(s) be ing stud ied

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 25

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Haul Truck Repair Accident (C/MNM)

[Pre vi ously called Harry Hastings]

You are at a sur face mine in a pickup truck. You

see Harry plac ing crib blocks be tween the frame

and the bed of a large gob truck. The op er a tor is in

the truck cab. Sud denly the bed drops down, pin -

ning Harry. If it were not for the blocks, Harry

would have been cut in two. The op er a tor quickly

raises the bed. Harry falls to the ground near the

rear wheels. The ra dios in both the gob truck and

pickup are bro ken. It is 20 min utes by pickup truck

to the near est help. You and the truck op er a tor must 

fig ure out what to do for Harry or he may die.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to the Con tin u ous

Miner Ac ci dent de signed for un der ground

min ers. The Con tin u ous Miner Ac ci dent

role play sim u la tion pro vides hands-on

prac tice of the first aid skills taught in this

ex er cise.

Au di ence:

Sur face coal and metal/non metal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 26

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Highwall Rescue Exercise (C)

 [Pre vi ously called Marvin Letcher Highwall]

You are a front-end loader op er a tor. Marvin, a

coworker, ap proaches an un sta ble highwall. Sud -

denly a large rock falls, com pletely cov er ing his

legs. Marvin is trapped ly ing face down and

scream ing. Small pieces of rock con tinue to drib ble

down from the highwall. You and the other four

min ers pres ent must fig ure out how to help Marvin

while pro tect ing your selves. You must free Marvin,

re move him from dan ger, and pro vide first aid for

his se ri ous in ju ries.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to the Un sup ported

Roof Res cue de signed for un der ground

coal min ers and its com pan ion Un supported Roof Res cue role play ex er cise.

Au di ence:

Sur face coal min ers

(continued on next page)

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Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 29

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Hot Shuttle Car (C)

You are a shut tle car op er a tor. Af ter lunch you are

about to get on your buggy. Your feet are wet. As

you place your left hand on the can opy you get a

shock. You are not a cer ti fied elec tri cian but you

have had some elec tri cal train ing. You must de cide

what to do next.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 31

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

I Can’t Get Enough Air (C)

You are the sec tion fore man on the 17 Left long wall

de vel op ment sec tion at the Paula Ann No. 3 mine.

The sec tion has been driven about 4,000 feet from 4 

West Mains. One of the shut tle car op er a tors took a

call from the fireboss say ing that there was smoke

from an un known source com ing into your sec tion.

You at tempt to con tact some one to find out where

the smoke is com ing from but get no re sponse. You

and your crew start rid ing out of the sec tion on the

mantrip. When you en coun ter heavy smoke, you de -

cide to take your crew and travel on foot in the belt

en try which is on a neu tral split of air. Af ter trav eling about 6 cross cuts in the belt en try, you en counter heavy smoke again, at which time you and your

crew don your SCSRs. Af ter don ning the ap pa ra tus,

you and your crew con tinue trav el ing outby in the

belt en try. Near the mouth of the sec tion, a miner in

the group starts to have trou ble breath ing from his

SCSR be cause he is “outbreathing” the de vice since 

his ox y gen re quire ments are greater than the SCSR

can sup ply. Soon more work ers, in clud ing your self,

be gin hav ing trou ble breath ing. You must de cide

when to switch to an other SCSR that you ob tain

from a cache along the es cape route.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet. These 

are “PENIB” and may be ob tained from

SICPA Cus tomer Ser vice, 8000 Re search

Way, Spring field, VA 22153, phone

1-888-742-7287

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 32

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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In jury Rate Prob lem at Maxmore Mine (C)

In jury rates at Maxmore Mine (an un der ground coal

mine) have in creased to three times the na tional av er age

in the last quar ter. As ed u ca tion, train ing, and safety

spe cial ists who de velop and ap prove train ing plans, the

train ees in your class are asked to ex am ine a sum mary

of the ac ci dents for Maxmore Mine. The task is to sug -

gest cor rec tive ac tions to lower the in jury rate. Next,

three case stud ies are pre sented. Each case study de -

scribes at tempts by one di rec tor of health and safety to

re duce in ju ries at Maxmore Mine. The train ees are

asked to judge the strengths and lim i ta tions of each ap -

proach, to de cide if the pro gram would be ef fec tive, and 

whether or not it should be ap proved. Fol low ing dis cussion of these ini tial case stud ies and class mem bers’ re -

sponses, the ex er cise prin ci ples are ap plied to an other

case study sit u a tion in volv ing in ju ries to con tract work -

ers at sur face mines. Finally, a home work as sign ment

asks the train ees to ap ply the ex er cise prin ci ples to a

real-world prob lem of their own choice where im proved

train ing and per for mance eval u a tion may be one means

to re duce ac ci dent and in jury rates.

NOTE: Com ple tion of the ex er cise re quires a min imum of 8 hours of class room work plus

home work.

Au di ence:

Mine health and safety train ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

Answer sheets may be duplicated from the

Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 33

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Investigation of a Slip/Fall Accident (C)

The mine su per in ten dent calls you into his of fice.

He gives you an ac ci dent re port of an em ployee

who was in jured while car ry ing rock dust bags from 

the rock dust car to a bat tery pow ered scoop. It is

sev eral days af ter the ac ci dent and the mine su perin ten dent as signs you and the safety su per vi sor to

thor oughly in ves ti gate the ac ci dent to de ter mine all

the con trib ut ing fac tors. Your job is to make spe -

cific rec om men da tions to pre vent fu ture slip -

ping/trip ping ac ci dents.

Au di ence:

Su per vi sors, safety per son nel, and ac ci dent

in ves ti ga tors

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet. These 

are “PENIB” and may be ob tained from

SICPA Cus tomer Ser vice, 8000 Re search

Way, Spring field, VA 22153, phone

1-888-742-7287

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 34

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Leroy’s Feeder Ac ci dent (C)

[Pre vi ously called Leroy B. Perkins]

A feeder in the tun nel un der the stock pile at a coal

prep a ra tion plant has failed and fallen on the belt

cou pling con veyor. The belt has stopped. You and

two work ers are mov ing tim bers to prop and jack

the failed feeder so it can be re paired. Leroy, one of

your co work ers, is tired. He places him self in a dan -

ger ous po si tion and be comes in jured. You must

pro vide first aid and re move him from the tun nel.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to Bernie’s Feeder

Ac ci dent de signed for phos phate ore pro -

cess ing plant work ers and Cleo’s Long -

wall Ac ci dent de signed for un der ground

coal min ers. The Cleo’s Long wall Ac cident role play sim u la tion pro vides

hands-on prac tice of the first aid skills re -

quired for this ex er cise.

Au di ence:

Coal prep a ra tion plant min ers

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Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 35

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Lin gering Smoke Ex er cise (C)

[Pre vi ously called Ches ter O. Pe ter son]

You are one of three scoop op er a tors. Dur ing the

first part of the shift an en try was shot and partly

loaded. One of the other scoop op er a tors, Speedy,

has com plained that he was dizzy and sick to his

stom ach. Oth er wise, the shift has gone on as usual.

You re en ter the mine af ter lunch and no tice that

some smoke is still hang ing. You are wor ried that

the ven ti la tion may not be ad e quate. Soon the two

scoop op er a tors, Speedy and Ches ter, who are at the 

face, go down. You must de cide what to do to help

them.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Ma te rials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 36

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Low Coal Fire (C)

You and your helper are work ing in an in take air

en try at the face. The coal height is 28 inches.

Heavy black smoke sud denly sweeps down on

you from one of the in take air en tries. You must

de cide what to do to warn oth ers, to get to the as -

sem bly point, and to get out. The prob lem be -

comes more com pli cated when one of the min ers

is miss ing.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 37

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Main Haulage Scaling (C)

You are run ning the lead lo co mo tive pull ing twenty 

empty coal cars into 3 East. Lynnbo is run ning the

trail lo co mo tive be hind the trip. Af ter you put the

emp ties on the sec tion tip ple, Lynnbo asks if you

no ticed the area of bad roof outby the fire car on the 

main line. You an swer that you had n’t, and you ask

Lynnbo how bad it looked. Lynnbo said he thought

that the roof looked ugly to him, but since he works

in the shop, it all looks ugly. This is your sec tion

and you know it has been re cently rebolted. How -

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ever, you de cide to look at it. You tell Lynnbo that

you will fol low him to the area in ques tion. You

must de cide the saf est course of ac tion in de ter mining if there is a prob lem, then you must de cide the

saf est course of ac tion to take in hav ing the bad roof 

fixed.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

3-D reels - one reel for each person in the class

Viewmaster 3-D viewers - may be purchased

from your local toy store or purchased directly

from the manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc.,

Viewmaster Custom Sales, Customer Service,

636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052,

phone 716-687-3899

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 38

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

One “3-D Reel” $2.00 each

Man in the Bin (C/MNM)

You are the weigh mas ter at the truck dump ing bin

scale at a prep a ra tion plant. Jake, a truck driver,

raises the bed of his truck to dump a load in a bin.

The load won’t dump and the truck bed won’t come 

down. The bin ap pears to be full. Jake climbs into

the bin on top of the coal. Sud denly the bridge of

coal col lapses. The 20 tons of coal in the bed of the

truck slides out and bur ies Jake in the bin. You must 

de cide what to do to help him with out risk ing your

life or the lives of oth ers.

Au di ence:

Per sons work ing at coal prep a ra tion plants and

around bins of gran u lated ma te ri als

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 39

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Pete’s Pre dic a ment: Un sup ported Roof (C)

The preshift ex am i na tion has been com pleted. The

en tire sec tion has been rock dusted. John and Eddy

ad vance the miner to the face of the No. 3 en try and 

be gin cut ting coal. Pete is stand ing near the right rib 

watch ing the min ing ma chine to ob serve its new

wa ter spray sys tem. A shut tle car co mes up close to

the right rib. Af ter watch ing the miner cut coal for

less than a min ute, Pete starts to get wor ried that he

is in dan ger of be ing squeezed be tween the con tin uous miner and the rib. He steps back around the cor -

ner into the right-hand cross cut which is rock

dusted. Then he no tices that half the cross cut is un -

bolted and the top is drib bling small pieces of shale! 

Pete can not es cape into the No. 3 en try be cause the

miner tailboom and shut tle car block this route. He

sees that the far end of the cross cut is bolted. Pete

must de cide what to do to es cape and to warn Eddy, 

John, and the shut tle car op er a tor who are inby an

un bolted cross cut. Af ter Pete and Eddy es cape, John 

must de cide whether to aban don the min ing ma -

chine and make a run for safety or to stay in the

miner op er a tor com part ment un der the can opy.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

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Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s Copy

Answer sheets may be duplicated from the

Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 44

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Pipe Re pair Prob lem (C/MNM)

A worn sec tion of a large over head coal slurry pipe

must be re moved and re placed be fore the prep plant 

can start up. You are a la borer. You have been as -

signed to help two main te nance work ers make the

re pairs. As you pre pare to do the work, many haz -

ards and po ten tial prob lems are pres ent. You must

rec og nize the haz ards and act to pre vent ac ci dents.

Oth er wise, you or oth ers may be in jured and prop -

erty may be dam aged.

Au di ence:

Main te nance work ers in prep a ra tion plants

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the il lus tra tions from the Prob lem book let -

and the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key 

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 45

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Pit Dis tri bu tion Trou ble shooting (C/MNM)

The sur face mine where you work re ceives its

power from a 138 KV util ity line that is stepped

down to 25 KV for pit dis tri bu tion. Sub sta tions

make fur ther re duc tions to 4,160 volts for op er a tion

of smaller equip ment such as drills. The pit elec trical dis tri bu tion sys tem has worked well. Then a

prob lem de vel ops. Power leav ing a por ta ble sub station goes through two boxes to a drill. A ground

fault oc curred in the sys tem and trip ped box A. The

flag was re set and the sys tem held for about a week. 

Then the ground mon i tor trips box B. Within a few

days box A trips two more times. As a mine elec trician you must find and cor rect the elec tri cal prob -

lem so that pro duc tion and safety can be main tained.

Au di ence:

Sur face mine elec tri cians

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 46

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Prep Plant Belt Problem (C/MNM) 

[Previously called Carl T. Donaldson]

You and Carl are main te nance work ers at a coal

prep a ra tion plant. A belt is mis aligned be cause fine

wet coal is stick ing to the tail pul ley roller. You de -

cide to shut the belt down so the roller can be

cleaned. Carl says he knows a faster way to do the

job. He be gins a dan ger ous work prac tice. You try to

stop him, but it is too late. He gets caught be tween

the mov ing tail pul ley and its guard. He is hurt. You

must act fast to save Carl but avoid in jury to your self.

Au di ence:

Per sons who work around con veyor belts in

prep a ra tion plants, mines, and sim i lar places

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Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 47

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Problem in the Shop (C/MNM)

[Previously called Good Ole Bill]

You have re cently been trans ferred to an other mine

and as signed to su per vise the eight me chan ics in the 

main te nance shop. The mine su per in ten dent is wor -

ried about tool pil fer age and loss in your de partment. Soon af ter you are on the job you hear ru mors

that Bill, the best and most se nior me chanic in the

group, has been steal ing tools. A cri sis de vel ops

when equip ment must be re paired, but the crit i cal

tool needed to do the job is miss ing. Other me chanics say Bill knows where the tool is. You must de -

cide what to do to main tain safety and pro duc tion

and to deal with the prob lem of the miss ing tool. A

few weeks later, you ob serve Bill trans port ing a set

of com pany tools off the mine prop erty in his per -

sonal truck. You must de cide what to do.

Au di ence:

First line su per vi sors, mine main te nance

per son nel, me chan ics, and min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 48

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Prob lem on Dragline #1 (C/MNM))

You are the op er a tor of Dragline #1. The dragline has 

been los ing power. Af ter mak ing some checks, you

re port dam age to the trail ing ca ble about 100 feet

from the ma chine. An elec tri cian and his helper come 

to trou ble shoot. They de ter mine that the ca ble needs

re paired due to dam age by a bull dozer work ing in the 

area. The elec tri cian is in a hurry. He en gages in un -

safe work prac tices. You try to stop him, but he ig -

nores you. Soon there is an ac ci dent. You must fig ure

out how to res cue the elec tri cian with out elec tro cuting your self and then pro vide first aid to save his life.

Au di ence:

Sur face metal/non metal and coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 49

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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Prob lem on the Belt Line (C/MNM)

[Pre vi ously called J. J. John son]

You and J. J. are alone. You are walk ing up an 825- 

foot slope with a 17-de gree in cline be cause the con -

veyor belt drive has bro ken down. Ten feet from the 

top, J. J. clutches his chest and sits down. He is in

pain and has trou ble breath ing. You are the only one

there to help him. You have to de cide what to do.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to Prob lem on the

Cat walk (Coal) de signed for sur face coal

min ers and Prob lem on the Cat walk (Phos -

phate) de signed for phos phate ore, sand and

gravel, and crushed stone pro cess ing plant

work ers.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal and metal/non metal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 50

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Prob lem on the Cat walk (C)

[Pre vi ously called J. J. Smith]

You and J. J. are climb ing up the cat walk of an

825-foot-long con veyor belt to the top of a clean coal

silo. You are in spect ing the belt for dam age. Ten feet

from the top, J. J. clutches his chest and sits down. He

is in pain and has trou ble breath ing. You are the only

one there to help him. You have to de cide what to do.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to Prob lem on the

Beltline de signed for un der ground coal

and metal/non metal min ers and Prob lem

on the Cat walk (Phos phate) de signed for

phos phate ore, sand and gravel, and

crushed stone pro cess ing plant work ers.

Au di ence:

Surface coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 51

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Problem on the Catwalk (Phosphate) (MNM)

[Pre vi ously called J. J. Par sons]

You and J. J. are climb ing up the cat walk of an

815-foot-long con veyor belt to the top of a prod uct

stor age bin. You are in spect ing the belt for dam age.

Ten feet from the top, J. J. clutches his chest and sits

down. He is in pain and has trou ble breath ing. You are 

the only one there to help him. You have to de cide

what to do, and whether to go for help or stay with him.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to Prob lem on the

Cat walk (Coal) de signed for sur face min -

ers and Prob lem on the Beltline de signed

for un der ground coal and metal/non metal

min ers.

Au di ence:

Sur face metal/non metal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

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412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 52

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Raggs and Curly Guarding Exercise (C)

A re cent in spec tion, con ducted by an in sur ance com -

pany, has iden ti fied some prob lems with ma chine

guard ing around the mo bile con veyor sys tem at a sur -

face coal mine. The su per in ten dent asks that you, a

chief me chanic, con duct a more thor ough in spec tion

and doc u ment your find ings. You are to re port back to

the su per in ten dent with rec om men da tions that will be

part of a com pany-wide ma chine guard ing pol icy. The

su per in ten dent as signs “Curly,” who just re cently be -

came a me chanic helper, to ac com pany you. You are

to take this op por tu nity to teach him safe ma chine

guard ing prac tices. You travel through the com plex

and be gin to doc u ment your find ings.

Au di ence:

Sur face coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

3-D reels - one reel for each person in the class

Viewmaster 3-D viewers - may be purchased

from your local toy store or purchased directly

from the manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc.,

Viewmaster Custom Sales, Customer Service,

636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052,

phone 716-687-3899

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 53

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

One “3-D Reel” $2.00 each

Roof Con trol at In ter sec tions Ex er cise (C)

Two un der ground coal min ers are asked to ad vance

the power cen ter, mo bile equip ment, and trail ing ca -

bles in the work ing sec tion. While sur vey ing their as -

sign ment, they no tice coal spalling along the left rib

of the belt en try. They must in ves ti gate and de ter mine if 

a prob lem ex ists with roof and rib con di tions and the di -

ag o nal mea sure ments of sev eral in ter sec tions. They are

to take any cor rec tive ac tions that might be nec es sary.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 54

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Roof Fall Entrapment (C)

A group of min ers are ex tract ing pil lars in an un safe

man ner. There is only one escapeway from the area

where they are work ing. Ear lier roof falls have

blocked the other escapeways. The top is bad in the

one en try be ing used for the haul road. The posts

and cross bars that sup port it at the in ter sec tion of a

cross cut be gin to sag so much that the shut tle car

you are driv ing can’t come out from the face. The

fore man yells at you to tell the min ers to get out.

But it is too late! As you are about to come out

there is a large roof fall that com pletely blocks the

one escapeway. You and the other min ers are lucky. 

No one is hurt, but now you must de cide what to do.

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Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 55

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Roof Support in a Primary Escapeway (C)

[Pre vi ously called D. R. Light]

On a re cent run of the escapeways, the sec tion boss

no tices that the brow of a high fall area has be gun to 

de te ri o rate. On this par tic u lar day, the face boss

asks the miner op er a tor and helper to fol low the

escapeway out from the face and take down any

loose top at the high fall area. Af ter cor rect ing this

prob lem the work ers en coun ter an other haz ard ous

roof con di tion nearby. This in volves de te ri o ra tion

of the im me di ate roof around the bolt heads as a re -

sult of mois ture in the mine air.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

3-D reels - one reel for each person in the class

Viewmaster 3-D viewers - may be purchased

from your local toy store or purchased directly

from the manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc.,

Viewmaster Custom Sales, Customer Service,

636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052,

phone 716-687-3899

Op tional - over head pro jec tor and over heads of

the Mas ter An swer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 56

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

One “3-D Reel” $2.00 each

Safety Talk: The Emergency Communication

Triangle (C/MNM)

This safety talk fo cuses on the con tent of emer -

gency warn ing mes sages. Re search shows that

when an emer gency oc curs, peo ple of ten do not get

the in for ma tion they need in or der to take ap pro priate ac tion. This safety talk pres ents a pro ce dure us -

ing men tal cues that can be used by send ers and

re ceiv ers of emer gency warn ings. Graph ics for use

dur ing the talk and ref er ences are in cluded.

Au di ence:

All min ing em ploy ees at all ex pe ri ence lev els.

Ex am ples and il lus tra tions are taken from the

un der ground coal min ing in dus try, but the

train ing can be tai lored to any work set ting by

sub sti tut ing ap pro pri ate ex am ples.

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Optional - Overhead projector and transparencies 

of the nine illustrations included in the

Instructor’s copy

Optional - Stickers to serve as memory aids

Cat No: NI 57

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Sammy’s Loose Roof Decisions (C)

[Pre vi ously called Sammy Spadd]

Dur ing your rou tine sur vey work as a transitman,

you ob served in re cent weeks that an idle sec tion in

2 North mains, about 3 miles from the por tal, has

been ex pe ri enc ing se ri ous roof prob lems. One of

the mine en gi neers stated that the prob lems were

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due to the sud den pres ence of slips in the roof run -

ning in the di rec tion of min ing. Sev eral falls and

sig nif i cant down time have forced the com pany to

re con sider the de vel op ment of 2 North. The gen eral

su per in ten dent informs you and Sammy that the

com pany will re ac ti vate the idled sec tion be gin ning

next shift. You are to en ter the mine and set sights

in 2 North to re-ori ent all the en tries by 45 de grees

to the east be fore the reg u lar day light crew ar rives.

You are be gin ning your work when you no tice a

sec tion of top lower than the sur round ing area. You

must de cide whether this is a prob lem that can wait

or if it should be taken care of im me di ately.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Problem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

3-D reels - one reel for each person in the class

Viewmaster 3-D viewers - may be purchased

from your local toy store or purchased directly

from the manufacturer at Fisher-Price, Inc.,

Viewmaster Custom Sales, Customer Service,

636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052,

phone 716-687-3899

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 58

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

One “3-D Reel” $2.00 each

Scoop Accident, First Aid Problem (C)

[Pre vi ously called Paul Pan cake]

Af ter nine months of un em ploy ment, Joe has com -

pleted the re quired train ing to re en ter the mines and 

also com pleted an ad vanced first aid course. He has

been hired as an ex pe ri enced roof bolter at a drift

mine. This is his first day on the job. A scoop

loaded with sup plies pulls up and six other min ers

start climb ing on top of it. Two min ers get into the

bucket next to the sup plies. Joe is in structed to ride

on top of the scoop. The mine roof is low and the

road way is rough. As the scoop ap proaches the din -

ner hole, some one screams “Stop!” Paul has fallen

off. Paul is ly ing on his back in a pud dle of wa ter on 

the mine floor, just be hind the scoop bucket. The

scoop has run over him. There is blood on both of

Paul’s legs just be low the knees. No one takes

charge. Joe must de cide what to do.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 59

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Smoke on the Sec tion (C)

[Pre vi ously called Cecil]

Big Tim and Cecil are work ing on a super sec tion.

Cecil is in No. 1 en try (re turn air course) at the face

re plac ing bits on a con tin u ous miner when heavy

smoke co mes down on them from some where on

the sec tion. Cecil has a fil ter self-res cuer. Tim left

his in No. 8 en try. Cecil must find a way to help

Tim, plan a good route to travel through the smoke

to warn oth ers and get help, and help lo cate and

fight the fire.

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Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 60

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Tip ple Heater Ex er cise (MNM)

You are a qual i fied elec tri cian with 5 years of ex pe rience. Freezing weather has been caus ing prob lems

on the tip ple. The tip ple boss wants an elec tri cal

heater in stalled im me di ately. Your su per vi sor, the

chief elec tri cian, is too busy to help and the com pany

elec tri cal en gi neer is on va ca tion. He tells you to take 

care of it. You must de ter mine the power and wir ing

re quire ments for the heater, and you must work

within the Na tional Elec tri cal Code stan dards.

Au di ence:

Sur face or un der ground metal/non metal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 61

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Trailing Cable Electrical Problem (C/MNM)

Sam, the shut tle car op er a tor, has dumped two bug -

gies of coal and is go ing back to the miner for an -

other when the breaker trips, stop ping the buggy.

The breaker is re set, but be gins to trip re peat edly.

Sam and the sec tion elec tri cian must use safe work

prac tices to find and cor rect the elec tri cal prob lem.

Au di ence:

Mine Elec tri cians

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

Answer sheets may be duplicated from the

Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 62

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Trailing Cable Repair (C)

You are the roof bolter op er a tor. You re port dam age

to the bolter’s trail ing ca ble and are wait ing for it to 

be re paired and spliced. Fix-It, the elec tri cian, and

his helper come to re pair the ca ble. Their pro cedures worry you. The mine floor is wet. There is an

ac ci dent. You are the only one around to help.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

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the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 63

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Traumatic Arm Amputation (C) - Role Play

While un load ing at the feeder-breaker, a shut tle car

op er a tor reaches over the side board into the shut tle car 

to pull out a piece of strap iron. As he reaches into the

shut tle car, his leg strikes the con trol that raises the

shut tle car boom. The side board raises up quickly,

moves past the can opy, and cuts off his right arm at

the shoul der. He stag gers out of the op er a tor’s com -

part ment, hold ing his left hand over the stump of his

right arm. He slumps down against the rib, bleed ing

heavily. His sev ered arm is still in the box of the shut -

tle car. Some one stops the feeder. You wit ness the en -

tire ac ci dent which takes place in just a few sec onds.

You must act fast or the shut tle car op er a tor will die.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 65

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Traumatic Head Injury (C)

You are a scoop op er a tor. Your cousin, Bud, op erates an other scoop. While Bud is back ing his scoop

out of #1 en try, you hear his hat strike a low over -

hang ing brow, fol lowed by his curs ing. He is okay.

Later you go up to the scoop which is stopped in the 

area of the over hang. The scoop is not run ning. You 

find Bud slumped over in the cab. Now you must

de cide what to do to help Bud.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 66

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Travel Through Smoke (C)

You are the sec tion fore man on a 4 en try long wall

de vel op ment panel that has been driven about 4,000 

feet from the mains. You are in the track en try

check ing sup plies with the util ity man when you

smell smoke. You find that the smoke is not orig inat ing on your sec tion. You call the dis patcher to

find out the source of the smoke but he does not

know and tells you he will try to find out. You as -

sem ble your crew, don your SCSRs, board the

mantrip, and be gin rid ing out of the sec tion in the

al ter nate (sec ond ary) escapeway. You want to travel 

as far as pos si ble on the mantrip since this is the

fast est and eas i est way out of the mine. You travel

about 3,000 feet un til the smoke be comes so thick

that you can’t see to con tinue. You stop the mantrip

and lead your crew into the pri mary escapeway

where the smoke is not as heavy and con tinue your

es cape on foot. You travel about 1,100 feet in the

pri mary escapeway un til you reach clear air in the

mains and dis cover that you are outby the fire.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

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Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 67

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C)

 [Pre vi ously called Marvin R. Letcher]

You are the pin ner op er a tor. Your helper, Marvin,

goes un der un sup ported roof. As you yell to him to

get back, there is a roof fall. It catches Marvin’s

legs. He is ly ing face down and scream ing. The roof 

is drib bling across the whole en try. You must fig ure

out how to res cue and help Marvin with out get ting

your self or other min ers in jured.

NOTE: This ex er cise is sim i lar to Highwall Res -

cue de signed for sur face min ers. A com -

pan ion, Un sup ported Roof Res cue role

play, is also avail able.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 70

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) - Role Play

[Pre vi ously called Marvin R. Letcher role play]

You are the pin ner op er a tor. Your helper, Marvin,

goes un der un sup ported roof. As you yell to him to

get back, there is a roof fall. It catches Marvin’s

legs. He is ly ing face down and scream ing. The roof 

is drib bling across the whole en try. You must fig ure

out how to res cue and help Marvin with out get ting

your self or other min ers in jured. You have slate

bars, roof jacks, a mine first aid kit, a mine phone,

and two other min ers who can help. Your res cue

and first aid per for mance will be rated against a

check list by the in struc tor and your class mates.

NOTE: This role play ver sion pro vides hands-on

prac tice of the first aid skills in volved in

the Highwall Res cue Ex er cise and Un supported Roof Res cue ex er cises.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

Cat No: NI 71

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Vulcan Mine Ignition (C)

You are the on-side shut tle car driver. Just af ter

lunch you pull across the last open cross cut ready to 

go into the No. 4 en try to load coal from the con tinu ous miner. Just as you no tice the line is down, an

or ange fire ball cov ers up the con tin u ous miner in

the en try, the miner op er a tor, his helper, and the

fore man. Af ter the fire ball dies down, through the

white smoke in the en try, you can see one miner

down and the other two walk ing around by the con -

tin u ous miner. You must de cide what to do. 

NOTE: The com pan ion ex er cise, Vul can Mine Re -

cov ery, con tin ues the prob lem that is in

this ex er cise. The two ex er cises may be

used in se quence or in de pend ently.

Audience:

Underground coal miners

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

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In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 72

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Vulcan Mine Recovery (C)

You are the mine fore man. When you re turn from

an er rand, you learn there has been a large face ig nition in the Vul can mine. The 001 sec tion crew has

come out of the mine with three in jured min ers. The 

in jured min ers have been sent to a hos pi tal by am -

bu lance. You must de cide what to do to pre vent any 

fur ther dam age or in ju ries, to re port the ig ni tion, to

learn about con di tions in the mine, and to safely re -

store the sec tion and the mine to op er a tion.

NOTE: The com pan ion Vul can Mine Ig ni tion pre -

cedes the prob lem that is ad dressed in this

ex er cise. The two ex er cises may be used in

se quence or in de pend ently. This ex er cise

has no cor rect an swer feed back. Rather, it

re quires the trainee to work com pletely

through the prob lem, re ceiv ing only the

feed back that would be avail able in a real

sit u a tion. There fore, the in struc tor must

dis play the an swer key at the con clu sion of 

the ex er cise. Trainees must then check the

ac cu racy of their re sponses. Group dis cussion of the prob lem should fol low.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 73

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

Water Line Repair (C)

You and your su per vi sor, Big Tom Bell, are re pairing a wa ter line in the belt en try of a mine. You are

1,200 feet from the por tal and 800 feet from the

near est phone which is inby your po si tion at the

tail piece. You smell some thing that smells like

burn ing coal. Tom sends you into the re turn air en -

try to get a tool from the scoop you drove in. When

you come back into the belt en try, Tom is un conscious. You feel sick and weak. You must de cide

what to do to help Tom and your self.

Au di ence:

Un der ground coal min ers

Materials needed:

Instructor’s copy

Prob lem book let - 1 for each trainee, may be

du pli cated from the In struc tor’s copy

An swer sheet - 1 for each group of 3 to 5 per sons

work ing the ex er cise

De veloping pens - 1 for each an swer sheet.

In for ma tion may be ob tained from Bobbie

Calhoun: phone 412-386-5901, fax

412-386-5902 or email minetraining@cdc.gov

Optional - overhead projector and overheads of

the Master Answer Sheet and Scoring Key

found in the Instructor’s copy

Cat No: NI 74

Price: Instructor’s Copy $2.00 each

Prob lem Book let $1.00 each

An swer Sheet $1.00 each

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This section is an alphabetical listing of available Informational Reports (IRs).

There are no products in this section available in Spanish.

(No hay ningún producto disponible en español en esta sección.)

Analysis of Noise Reduction With Earmuff

Hearing Protectors Under Field Conditions—

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal

Re views 540 field tests com par ing A-weighted

noise lev els mea sured in side and out side a va ri ety

of ear muff hear ing pro tec tors. The re port con cludes

that the ear muff’s ef fec tive ness in re duc ing noise

fre quently falls far short of the man u fac turer’s NRR

(noise re duc tion rat ing).

MSHA 1994 42 pp

Cat No: IR 1221

Price: Free of charge

Calibration and Maintenance Procedures for

Coal Mine Respirable Dust Samplers

De scribes the stan dard pro ce dures used by MSHA

for cal i bra tion of cur rently ap proved per sonal sam -

plers and as so ci ated equip ment and for main te nance

of this equip ment. Su per sedes IR 1121.

MSHA 1996 19 pp

Cat No: IR 1240

Price: Free of charge

Comparison of Infrared Absorbances for

Standard Samples Prepared From Sieved and

Nonsieved Quartz Reference Materials

MSHA an a lyzes re spi ra ble coal mine dust sam ples

for quartz con tent as part of their pro gram to en -

force en vi ron men tal dust lev els as man dated by

the 1977 Act. A quartz ref er ence ma te rial is nec -

es sary to pre pare cal i bra tion curves for the quan -

ti ta tive mea sure ment of the min eral. This re port

sum ma rizes re sults of a study con ducted to de termine if the cal i bra tion of x-ray dif frac tion in strumen ta tion was sig nif i cantly dif fer ent af ter par ti cles

larger than 10 mi crom e ters in size were re moved

from the ref er ence ma te rial.

MSHA 1994 11 pp

Cat No: IR 1223

Price: Free of charge

Comparison of Noise Exposure Measurements

Conducted With Sound Level Meters and

Noise Dosimeters Under Field Conditions

(C/MNM)

Makes ab so lute and rel a tive com par i sons be tween

the mea sur ing po si tions where noise do sim e ters and 

sound level me ters are used in as sess ing noise ex posures.

MSHA 1995 32 pp

Cat No: IR 1230

Price: Free of charge

Dust Sampling and Laboratory Testing

Procedures After Underground Coal Mine

Explosions

Sum ma rizes the meth ods for col lect ing sam ples of

the coal and re main ing dust taken af ter an un derground coal mine ex plo sion, and dis cusses the in -

for ma tion ob tained by anal y sis of each sam ple.

MSHA 1996 14 pp

Cat No: IR 1239

Price: Free of charge

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INFORMATIONAL REPORTS 

 REPORTES INFORMATIVOS

In for ma tional Re ports (IRs) are an on-go ing se ries of sci en tific and tech ni cal

pub li ca tions pro duced by MSHA. IRs are free of charge. Use the or der blank

in the back of this cat a log to re quest IRs. Please or der by IR num ber and ti tle.
Effect of Threshold on Noise Dosimeter

Measurements and Interpretation of Their

Results, The

Dis cusses the var i ous func tions of the noise do sim eter, and why data col lected with in stru ments that

func tion at one set thresh old level may dif fer from

that col lected with an in stru ment that uses a dif ferent, or no, thresh old level. Rec om men da tions are

made to pro vide as sis tance in se lect ing the thresh -

old level of the do sim e ter in or der to achieve the de -

sired ob jec tive of the noise dose mea sure ment.

MSHA 1994 16 pp

Cat No: IR 1224

Price: Free of charge

Evaluation of Gases From Mine Explosions by

Elemental Balancing, The

In tro duces a new in dex, called the (H/C) In dex,

used in in ves ti ga tions of fire and ex plo sions to

de ter mine fuel com po si tion.

MSHA 1996 31 pp

Cat No: IR 1231

Price: Free of charge

Evaluation of Muff Type Hearing Protectors as

Used in the Mining Industry—Coal and

Metal/Nonmetal

Sum ma rizes re sults of a study con ducted to eval u ate

muff type hear ing pro tec tor de vices (HPDs) worn by

min ers work ing in a min ing en vi ron ment. The study

con cludes that field per for mance of muff type HPDs is 

sig nif i cantly less than that pre dicted by the En vi ronmen tal Pro tec tion Agency Noise Re duc tion Rat ing.

MSHA 1994 21 pp

Cat No: IR 1222

Price: Free of charge

Field Evaluations of Hearing Protection Devices 

at Surface Mining Environments — Coal and

Metal/Nonmetal

Sum ma rizes the re sults of a study con ducted to eval uate the ef fec tive ness of ear muff type hear ing pro tection de vices and their pre dict abil ity when they were

be ing worn by min ers per form ing nor mal work du ties.

MSHA 1994 31 pp

Cat No: IR 1213

Price: Free of charge

Frac ture Me chanic Ap proach to

Un der stand ing Sup ports in Un der ground

Coal Mines, The

This re port in tro duces a tech nique for un der standing sup ports in un der ground coal mines. The re port

de scribes the lat est ad vances in soft ware de vel opment and an in-depth ex am ple of the frac ture me -

chan ics ap proach. An im proved yield ing tech nique

in cor po rat ing a three-stage pro cess for strain-soft -

en ing is in cluded.

MSHA 2001 68 pp

Cat No: IR 1263

Price: Free of charge

Injury Experience in Coal Mining, 1995-2001

Re views in de tail the oc cu pa tional in jury and ill ness

ex pe ri ence of coal min ing in the United States for

the years listed be low. Sum mary ref er ence tab u lations are in cluded at the end of the re port.

1995 IR 1242 397 pp

1996 IR 1253 384 pp

1997 IR 1258 375 pp

1998 IR 1265 384 pp

1999 IR 1272 371 pp

2000 IR 1279 378 pp

2001 IR 1302 367 pp

Price: Free of charge

Injury Experience in Metallic Mineral Mining,

1995-2001

Re views the oc cu pa tional in jury and ill ness experience of me tal lic min eral min ing in the United

States for the years listed be low. Sum mary ref er ence

tab u la tions are in cluded at the end of the re port.

1995 IR 1243 286 pp

1996 IR 1254 285 pp

1997 IR 1261 284 pp

1998 IR 1266 280 pp

1999 IR 1273 273 pp

2000 IR 1280 274 pp

2001 IR 1303 257 pp

Price: Free of charge

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 INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
Injury Experience in Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

(Except Stone and Coal), 1995-2001

Re views the oc cu pa tional in jury and ill ness experience of non me tal lic min eral min ing (ex cept

stone and coal) in the United States for the years

listed below. Sum mary ref er ence tab u la tions are in -

cluded at the end of the re port.

1995 IR 1244 305 pp

1996 IR 1255 300 pp

1997 IR 1262 290 pp

1998 IR 1267 291 pp

1999 IR 1274 297 pp

2000 IR 1281 290 pp

2001 IR 1304 289 pp

Price: Free of charge

Injury Experience in Sand and Gravel Mining, 

1995-2001

Re views in de tail the oc cu pa tional in jury and ill ness

ex pe ri ence of sand and gravel min ing in the United

States for the years listed be low. Sum mary ref erence tab u la tions are in cluded at the end of the re port.

1995 IR 1246 111 pp

1996 IR 1257 109 pp

1997 IR 1259 112 pp

1998 IR 1269 114 pp

1999 IR 1276 114 pp

2000 IR 1283 108 pp

2001 IR 1305 107 pp

Price: Free of charge

Injury Experience in Stone Mining, 1995-2001

Re views in de tail the oc cu pa tional in jury and ill ness

ex pe ri ence of stone min ing in the United States for

the years listed below. Sum mary ref er ence tab u lations are in cluded at the end of this re port.

1995 IR 1245 519 pp

1996 IR 1256 522 pp

1997 IR 1260 521 pp

1998 IR 1268 531 pp

1999 IR 1275 527 pp

2000 IR 1282 533 pp

2001 IR 1306 518 pp

Price: Free of charge

Installation of MSHA-Accepted Ground Wire

Monitors, Guidelines for the (C)

Con tains man u fac tur ers’ in stal la tion di a grams for

un der ground im ped ance mon i tors, un der ground

con ti nu ity mon i tors, and sur face mon i tors.

MSHA 1996 128 pp

Cat No: IR 1241

Price: Free of charge

Introduction to Operator Air Sampling

Programs

The first in a se ries of re ports as sist ing mine op er ators in de ter min ing the ad e quacy of their con trol

mea sures and in plan ning for ef fec tive mon i tor ing

of their em ploy ees’ ex po sure to sil ica dust and other 

air borne con tam i nants.

MSHA 1999 23 pp

Cat No: IR 1250

Price: Free of charge

Magnitude of the Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Problem in the Mining Industries, The

Pro longed ex po sure to haz ard ous noise lev els re -

sults in a per son de vel op ing noise-in duced hear ing

loss (NIHL). The anal y sis in this re port dem onstrates con clu sively that NIHL is a ma jor health

prob lem af fect ing the min ing in dus tries.

MSHA 1994 18 pp

Cat No: IR 1220

Price: Free of charge

Material Instability Hazards in Mine-Processing

Operations

Many ac ci dents oc cur in the min ing in dus try be cause

of in sta bil ity of ma te rial dur ing han dling and pro cessing op er a tions. This re port pro vides in for ma tion on

safe work ing pro ce dures at stock piles and surge piles.

MSHA 1994 10 pp

Cat No: IR 1212

Price: Free of charge

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INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
Noise Exposure in U.S. Coal Mines

This pa per pres ents the mean and stan dard de vi a tion

of over 60,000 full-shift noise dose mea sure ments

for var i ous un der ground and sur face coal min ing

oc cu pa tions. The re port also com pares and con trasts

the lev els with his tor i cal noise ex po sure mea surements for se lected coal min ing oc cu pa tions that

were pub lished in the 1970s.

MSHA 1994 46 pp

Cat No: IR 1214

Price: Free of charge

Presentations From the 1992 Coal Mining

Impoundment Informational Meeting

This re port con tains 15 pre sen ta tions about is sues

in volved in de sign and con struc tion of dams as so ciated with coal min ing.

MSHA 1993 175 pp

Cat No: IR 1206

Price: Free of charge

Trouble-Shooting Guide for Roof Support

Systems, A

Pro vides a log i cal se quence to re solv ing the most

com mon prob lems en coun tered with roof sup ports.

MSHA 1996 104 pp

Cat No: IR 1237

Price: Free of charge

82

 INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
The videotapes and training materials in this section have become dated due to their age,

changes in technology, or changes in mining regulations. The materials are still available

because they may represent the sole source of some of the information. Portions of the materials

may be used as is; however, the dated portions should be pointed out when presenting them in a

training or informational situation. Training materials marked with an asterisk (*) are

currently being revised. These will be advertised in a future catalog or supplement.

There are no products in this section available in Spanish. (No hay ningún producto

disponible en español en esta sección.)

Air We Breathe in Industrial Environments,

The (C/MNM)

Dis cusses com po si tion and im por tance of air in re lation to var i ous work ing en vi ron ments. De scribes

industrial health (breath ing) haz ards en coun tered. Ex -

plains need for evaluation of work ing con di tions, for

ob ser va tion of safety pre cau tions and for pro tec tion of 

work ers from nox ious gases and ox y gen de fi ciency by 

us ing pro tec tive equip ment and proper ven ti la tion.

BuM 1972 16 min

Cat No: VC 841

Price: $8.00

Breathe and Live: Ventilation in Metal and

Nonmetal Mines

Fo cuses on why mine ven ti la tion sys tems are an un -

der ground miner’s per sonal life line. Shows com ponents of mine ven ti la tion sys tems (in clud ing main

and booster fans, air cur tains, ven ti la tion tubes,

doors and reg u la tors). Em pha sizes im por tance of

good main te nance. Re-cre ates sev eral fa tal ac cidents caused by con tam i nated air, in ad e quate ven tila tion or fail ure to warn work ers away from

un ven ti lated “dead end” zones. Stresses im por tance

of fre quent safety checks with in stru ments which

mea sure qual ity and quan tity of ven ti lat ing air (a re -

spon si bil ity of mine man age ment).

BuM 1973 21 min

Cat No: VC 845

Price: $8.00

Cabs and Canopies for Your Safety (C)

Points out need for cabs and can o pies on un derground min ing equip ment to pro tect min ers from

falls of roof and ribs. Uses scenes taken af ter three

ac tual roof fall ac ci dents (in which fallen coal and

rock cov ered the min ing equip ment). Dem on strates

that, in each case, the op er a tor es caped un harmed

be cause of the pro tec tive can opy on the ma chine.

Pres ents in-the-mine in ter views with the op er a tors

in volved in these near-fa tal ac ci dents – work ers re -

late what hap pened and why they are con vinced the

can o pies saved their lives.

MESA 1974 10 min

Cat No: VC 854

Price: $8.00 

Coal Dust: Hazards and Controls

Ex plains some of the more se ri ous dan gers of coal

mine dust and its ef fect on the health and safety of

both un der ground and sur face min ers. Uses ac tual

min ing op er a tions, live ac tion foot age and de tailed an -

i ma tion to show var i ous ways coal dust is pro duced,

con se quences of long-term ex po sure (black lung) and

how dust can be con trolled in the min ing en vi ron ment.

Shows sev eral meth ods of dust sam pling. Dem onstrates var i ous ven ti la tion tech niques, wa ter sprays and 

other dust sup pres sion de vices. Em pha sizes use of

proper face ven ti la tion and wa ter sprays to ef fec tively

re move, di lute and sup press air borne dust. Ex am ines

ad van tages of these con trol de vices and sys tems as ap -

pli ca ble to dif fer ent min ing meth ods and sit u a tions.

Rec om mends on go ing dust sam pling and eval u a tion

pro grams be in place at all mines.

MSHA Rev 1980 14 min

Cat No: VC 829

Price: $8.00 

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MATERIALES HISTÓRICOS

HISTORICAL VIDEOTAPES (VIDEOCINTAS)
Electrical Hazards in Underground Coal Mining

Points out some of the more prev a lent elec tri cal

haz ards which may be en coun tered in un derground coal min ing. Re-cre ates ac ci dents in volv ing

op er at ing, main tain ing and re pair ing elec tri cal

power dis tri bu tion cen ters, switch ing gear, ca bles

and other high-volt age equip ment. Stresses proper

train ing and qual i fi ca tions for min ers work ing on

elec tri cal in stal la tions, ma chin ery and cir cuits. De -

scribes proper work pro ce dures which should be

fol lowed at all times – if elec tric ity is to be effectively and safely uti lized in un der ground coal min ing.

MESA 1975 13 min

Cat No: VC 857

Price: $8.00

Electrical Lock-Out Procedures (C/MNM)

Ac ci den tal start ing of equip ment or the en er giz ing

of elec tri cal power cir cuits has caused many in ju ries

and fa tal i ties in the min ing and mill ing in dus try.

Re-cre ates some of these ac ci dents and points out

po ten tial haz ards con nected with spe cific jobs. Em -

pha sizes need for im me di ate and thor ough train ing

in proper lock-out pro ce dures for all per son nel who

work with or around elec tri cal in stal la tions (in cluding per son nel who op er ate elec tric-pow ered ma -

chin ery and equip ment).

MESA 1976 11 min

Cat No: VC 864

Price: $8.00

Extensible Line Curtain (C)

This pro gram shows an in no va tive pro ce dure that

uses ex ten si ble line cur tain for coal mine face ven tila tion.

MSHA 1986 15 min

Cat No: VC 897

Price: $8.00

Fire Fighting in the Mineral Industry (MNM)

Con cerns tech niques of fire fight ing in noncoal

min ing and re lated in dus tries. Shows the classificat ions of fires (A, B, and C). Pro vides in struc tion

on proper use of var i ous types of extinguishers.

Dem on strates how to con trol fires by “seal ing them

off” with foam, as phalt, and other chem i cal seal ants.

BuM 1970 16 min

Cat No: VC 827

Price: $8.00

Haulage Safety in Low-Coal Mines 

De picts how ac ci dents can be pre vented (or can hap -

pen) dur ing un der ground trans por ta tion of per son nel,

coal and sup plies through tun nels in low-coal mines.

Con trasts safe haul age prac tices with ac ci dents. Uses

staged “near misses” to show con se quences of care -

less ness.

BuM 1971 15 min

Cat No: VC 839

Price: $8.00

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in Surface

Coal Mining

Miners who are in ex pe ri enced and un fa mil iar with

the work ing en vi ron ment, equip ment and min ing

pro ce dures are of ten ex posed to po ten tial safety haz -

ards for which they are largely un pre pared. De scribes

some of the more com mon dan gers en coun tered (in -

clud ing fail ure of highwalls and spoil banks, slips

and falls, drill ing and blast ing and not wear ing or us -

ing proper safety cloth ing or equipment). Ad dresses

ma chin ery/ve hi cle, me chan i cal/elec tri cal, weld -

ing/cut ting and other main te nance/re pair haz ards.

Gives ex am ples of dan ger signs and warn ings which

usu ally pre cede a haz ard. Out lines safety pre cau tions

needed to avoid the haz ard. Em pha sizes min ers must

learn how to rec og nize and avoid un safe con di tions

and sit u a tions by stay ing alert, obey ing com pany

safety rules and fol low ing safe work ing prac tices at

all times.

MSHA 1980 9 min

Cat No: VC 891

Price: $8.00

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Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in

Underground Coal Mines

Un der ground coal min ing is an in her ently haz ard ous

oc cu pa tion, but one which can be made rel a tively

safe if min ers learn to rec og nize and avoid the as soci ated haz ards. Iden tifies some of the more com mon

dan gers (in clud ing un safe acts and con di tions) min -

ers may en coun ter while car ry ing out their ev ery day

work as sign ments. Dem on strates safe work prac tices

and pro ce dures needed to avoid such prob lems and

pit falls. Urges min ers to stay alert, work safely and

re port un safe con di tions they can not cor rect.

MSHA 1981 11 min

Cat No: VC 893

Price: $8.00

Illumination in Underground Coal Mines

Traces de vel op ment of un der ground mine il lu mina tion from the ear li est days of can dles and car bide

lamps to to day’s more ef fi cient and safer elec tric

light ing equip ment. Dem on strates ad e quate light ing

which helps min ers better see equip ment, other

work ers and roof and rib con di tions (and to per form

their jobs more safely). Shows var i ous types of per -

mis si ble light ing (be ing tested and used in both un -

der ground work ing places and sur face

lab o ra to ries). Ex plains light-mea sur ing tech niques

and meth ods of eval u at ing light ing sys tems.

Informs view ers of re quire ments of Fed eral il lu mina tion reg u la tions and how these ap ply to spe cific

min ing sit u a tions.

MSHA 1980 15 min

Cat No: VC 871

Price: $8.00

Magic of Fire, The (C/MNM)

Deals with fire, its com po si tion, uses and con trol.

Tab le top dis plays and lab o ra tory dem on stra tions

il lus trate how fires and ex plo sions oc cur. De -

scribes the safe use and con trol of com monly

used gases and flam ma ble liq uids. Shows var i ous

in dus trial fires (and fire haz ards in the home) and 

gives in struc tions on fire pre ven tion.

BuM 1965 23 min

Cat No: VC 809

Price: $8.00

Management’s Role in Health and Safety (C)

Pres ents a well-planned and well-ex e cuted mine

health and safety pro gram in ac tion. Uses scenes at

both un der ground and sur face fa cil i ties. Out lines a

safety pro gram (in de tail) and its ap pli ca tion to

on-the-job safety sit u a tions and re lated min ing op -

er a tions. De fines man age ment’s re spon si bil ity for

the health and safety of min ers. Points out var i ous

en vi ron men tal health prob lems and safety haz ards.

Of fers pos si ble so lu tions (with em pha sis on ef fective safety train ing).

BuM 1972 15 min

Cat No: VC 842

Price: $8.00

Oh! My Aching Back (C/MNM)

Back in ju ries from lift ing ob jects that are too heavy

and/or from us ing in cor rect lift ing tech niques are a

com mon oc cur rence in many in dus tries. Shows work -

ers the cor rect method of lift ing (in clud ing good pos -

ture, po si tion ing and smooth ap pli ca tion of lift ing

power). Uses flex i ble train ing mod els (which sim u late

the hu man back bone, mus cles and lig a ments) to il lustrate how strains oc cur and how discs are “pinched.”

Uti lizes live-ac tion scenes in un der ground mines and

in dus trial plants to em pha size the need for proper lift -

ing and han dling of work ing tools and ma te ri als.

BuM 1965 21 min

Cat No: VC 810

Price: $8.00

Open-Pit Mining Hazards (MNM)

Moving ma chin ery and mov ing earth sup ply the ba sic

in gre di ents for a va ri ety of pos si ble haz ards in min ing

ore from open pits. Uses staged ac ci dents (in volv ing

dump trucks, power shov els, front-end load ers, rail

haul age and highwall blast ing) to show what hap pens

as the re sult of work ers’ care less ness, over looked

safety pre cau tions and/or un safe ma chin ery and min -

ing meth ods. Ex plains why the ac ci dents hap pened

and stresses the cor rect and safe way to per form var ious min ing jobs to pre vent fu ture ac ci dents.

BuM 1967 17 min

Cat No: VC 816

Price: $8.00

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Operation of the Quest Micro-15 Noise

Dosimeter (C/MNM)

De scribes the Quest Mi cro-15 Noise Do sim e ter and

the func tions of its com po nent parts, the op er a tion

and use of the in stru ment for field com pli ance mea -

sure ments, and how to per form field cal i bra tion and 

gen eral main te nance pro ce dures.

MSHA 1988 28 min

Cat No: VC 931

Price: $8.00

Orientation and Indoctrination of Safe

Workmen (MNM)

Fol lows a group of new em ploy ees through preemployment test ing, hir ing and ac tual work ing sit u a tions. The 

in dus try is a gyp sum prod ucts man u fac tur ing plant,

but the ori en ta tion and in doc tri na tion pol i cies and pro -

ce dures may eas ily be ap plied to other min ing or man -

u fac tur ing or ga ni za tions. Takes view ers on a tour of

the plant and fol lows new em ploy ees through in terviews, phys i cal ex am i na tions, class room in struc tion

and on-the-job train ing ses sions. Stresses job safety as

an in te gral part of pro duc tion. High lights the value of

ac ci dent pre ven tion train ing for all em ploy ees.

BuM 1966 27 min

Cat No: VC 813

Price: $8.00

REAP — Roof and Rib Fatalities — Coal

These vid eos dis cuss the Roof and Rib Fa tal ities for 

1992-1994, and clas sify each fa tal ity un der one of

three gen eral causes:

1. Failure to comply with the approved roof

control plan;

2. Failure of the roof control system; and

3. Traveling or working inby supported roof.

MSHA 15 min each

Cat No: VC 849 (1992)

VC 825 (1993)

VC 876 (1994)

Price: $8.00 each title

Repeat Violation Reduction Program (C/MNM)

Pres ents a sys tem atic ap proach to look ing at ci tations and or ders is sued at an op er a tion in or der to

de ter mine their root cause and ways to elim i nate

them.

MSHA 1989 25 min

Cat No: VC 880

Price: $8.00

Roof Bolting in Coal Mines

Stresses the im por tance of roof bolt ing to the coal

min ing in dus try. Ex plains prin ci ples and pur poses of

roof bolt ing. Uses work ing mod els, lab o ra tory dem onstra tions, ac tual un der ground ap pli ca tions and tests.

Shows how min ing op er a tions and bolt ing meth ods

are co or di nated and em pha sizes safety through out the

roof con trol pro cess.

BuM 1973 19 min

Cat No: VC 808

Price: $8.00

Safety Practices in Low-Coal Mining

Uses live-ac tion un der ground pho tog ra phy to show

spe cial haz ards work ers must guard against in

thin-seam mines. Il lus trates how re stricted work

space, cur tailed field of vi sion and cramped body

po si tion can in ten sify dan ger when work ing with

fast-mov ing, high-pow ered ma chines. Em pha sizes

team work, alert ness, and “know-how.”

BuM 1971 15 min

Cat No: VC 840

Price: $8.00

Slope Stability of Waste Dams and Embankments 

(C/MNM)

The dis posal of min ing waste and re fuse is an ever

in creas ing prob lem. Main taining the sta bil ity and

safety of waste stor age fa cil i ties is part of that prob -

lem. Points out im por tance of prop erly de signed

and con structed waste dams and em bank ments to

show the de struc tive af ter math of coal wastebank

fail ures and land slides. Com bines an i ma tion se -

quences with ground-level and ae rial pho tog ra phy

to ex plain var i ous types of slope fail ures, de scribe

in her ent and po ten tial haz ards and out line a con -

struc tive pro gram of in spec tion, de tec tion and cor -

rec tion. Dem on strates on-site mon i tor ing meth ods

(some meth ods us ing off-site com puter anal y ses).

MSHA 1979 28 min

Cat No: VC 870

Price: $8.00

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Supervisor’s Responsibilities in Roof Control

(C)

Helps front line un der ground coal mine su per vi sors

un der stand what their du ties are to the min ers, as

well as to man age ment, con cern ing safety in the

work ing place.

MSHA 1988 11 min

Cat No: VC 919

Price: $8.00

Supervisory Training Series (MNM)

Se ries is de signed to mo ti vate metal mine su per visory per son nel to stress safety in all fac ets of the

min ing pro cess.

The two vid eo tapes may be shown in de pend ently or 

as a se ries (in the fol low ing se quence).

• Man and His Habits (MNM)

Depicts how careless habits may endanger safety

at home and on the job. Shows workers how to

acquire safe work habits by practicing safety

everywhere.

BuM 1969 13 min

Cat No: VC 822

Price: $8.00

• Safety Consciousness (MNM)

Demonstrates how various people at work and

play develop safe behavior in their daily

activities.

BuM 1969 10 min

Cat No: VC 824

Price: $8.00

Transportation and Communication in

Underground Coal Mines

Em pha sizes im por tance of be ing able to rec og nize

and avoid po ten tial safety haz ards in un der ground

mine trans por ta tion. Re en acts dif fer ent ac ci dents in -

volv ing the trans port ing of work ers and ma te ri als.

De scribes var i ous un der ground mine com mu ni ca tion

sys tems. Uses on-the-job scenes to ex plain the pur -

pose of com mu ni ca tion sys tems in over all min ing

op er a tions. Con veys the un der ly ing safety les son

that both trans por ta tion and com mu ni ca tion are es -

sen tial to all un der ground min ing op er a tions.

Stresses that the health and safety of mine work ers

is of ten de pend ent upon the safe and proper use of

these sys tems.

MSHA 1981 9 min

Cat No: VC 892

Price: $8.00

Underground Coal Mine Blasting

Be gins with the safe stor age of per mis si ble ex plosives, det o na tors and blast ing de vices in sur face and

un der ground fa cil i ties. Prog resses through the trans -

por ta tion and han dling stages (and up to the ac tual

blast ing of the coal face it self). Shows and ex plains

how the shot firer safely per forms the com plete blast -

ing op er a tion (pre par ing the prim ers, load ing the

shotholes, stem ming, wir ing and fir ing the round).

Dem on strates the com pressed air method of blast ing

coal. Il lus trates (through an i ma tion) what takes place

in side the shothole when an Airdox shell is “fired.”

Stresses safe work prac tices through out.

MESA 1975 19 min

Cat No: VC 856

Price: $8.00

Why Roof Control Plans (C)

Roof and rib falls are still the most dan ger ous haz -

ard an un der ground coal miner faces. The prem ise

of this film is that the haz ard can be pre vented or re -

duced by fol low ing an ap proved roof con trol plan.

Ex plains ba sic plans, gives ex am ples and de scribes

plan im ple men ta tion. Dem on strates im por tant items 

in cluded in the plan (such as types of sup port, ar eas

cov ered and rock strata di a grams) un der ac tual min -

ing con di tions. Shows min ing equip ment and ma teri als, bolt ing ma chines, roof bolts and tim bers in

use. Urges min ers to be come fa mil iar with their

mine’s roof con trol plan.

MSHA 1981 16 min

Cat No: VC 874

Price: $8.00

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Chemistry, Analysis and Interpretation of Mine 

Atmospheres (C/MNM)

In struc tor’s guide for teach ing mine gases, sam pling

of mine fires, gas sam pling meth ods, hand-held de -

tec tion de vices and math e mat i cal cal cu la tions of

mine gases as a re sult of mine fires. 

MSHA 1988 108 pp

Cat No: IG 69

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Coal Dust

Ex am ines health and safety haz ards of coal dust in

un der ground mines. Pres ents the ory and pro ce dures

for mine ven ti la tion and worker pro tec tion. Printed

in two vol umes: Work Book and An swer Book.

MESA 1976 130 pp

Cat No: PI 9

Price: Free of charge (1 set)

$4.00 (each additional set)

Coal Mine Roof and Rib Control

Man ual cov ers the most dan ger ous haz ard to un derground coal min ers – fall of roof and ribs. De -

scribes ge ol ogy of coal and rock strata. Ex plains

ef fects of min ing on strata. Covers meth ods of sup -

port and roof con trol plans. Gives some cov er age to 

in spec tion and test ing of roof and ribs and pre vention of roof and rib fall ac ci dents.

MSHA 1980 49 pp

Cat No: SM 18

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

How to Tailor Off-The-Shelf Training

Materials* (C/MNM)

De signed to as sist train ers. Of fers sug ges tions on

per son al iz ing off-the-shelf train ing ma te ri als.

WV Uni ver sity Mining Ex ten sion

 Ser vice 1981 47 pp

BuM Con tract JO188069 

MSHA Re print 1983

Cat No: IG 8

Price: Free of charge (1 book) 

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Industrial Hygiene for the Mining Industry*

(C/MNM)

De scribes ba sic con cepts of in dus trial hy giene and

hu man phys i ol ogy and how they are af fected by

min ing con di tions. Also in cludes ma te rial on mea suring in stru ments and de vices used in in dus trial hy giene.

MSHA 1986 243 pp

Cat No: PI 12

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

Introduction to Underground Coal Mining*

Covers ba sic min ing op er a tions and haz ards, mine

safety and health, safe prac tices in min ing, and Fed -

eral mine laws. 

MESA 1977 265 pp

Cat No: PI 1

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

89

HISTORICAL MATERIALS

HISTORICAL TRAINING MATERIALS

(MATERIALES DE ENTRENAMIENTO)
Laboratory Safety (C/MNM)

Gives an overview of accident causes and accident

prevention techniques when dealing with energy

sources and hazardous materials found in laboratories.

Note to Trainer: Designed primarily for entry

level laboratory workers.

MESA 1976 27 pp

Cat No: SM 26

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Milling and Crushing* (MNM)

Reviews health and safety hazards associated with

milling and crushing operations.

MESA 1978 200 pp

Cat No: PI 4

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Mine Gases (C)

Ex am ines the var i ous at mo spheric com po nents

found in un der ground mines and de scribes the haz -

ards of meth ane, car bon mon ox ide, sul fur di ox ide,

hy dro gen sul fide, etc. 

MESA 1977 207 pp

Cat No: PI 2

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

Mine Ventilation* (C/MNM)

Re views the ba sic el e ments of mine ven ti la tion.

Em pha sizes the im por tance of good ven ti la tion

for a safe and healthy work en vi ron ment.

MSHA Rev 1986 43 pp

Cat No: SM 20

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$2.00 (each additional copy)

Roof and Rib Control* (C)

Examines the nature of a mine roof and describes

measures that can be taken to minimize the danger

of roof and rib falls in underground mines.

MSHA 1982 113 pp

Cat No: PI 3

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$4.00 (each additional copy)

Small Mines Training* (C)

Gen eral in for ma tion de signed to im prove the ef fective ness of su per vi sory per son nel. In tended for all

lev els of coal mine man age ment. Com plete set of

ma te ri als con tains:

Books

Managing Maintenance 52 pp

Human Relations Skills at Work 39 pp

Managing a Section 37 pp

Complying With Part 48 55 pp

Conducting Your Own Training 35 pp

Elements of Management

 Planning 41 pp

Developing a Comprehensive 

 Safety Program 46 pp

WV Uni ver sity Mining

 Ex ten sion Ser vice

 (sub con trac tor to HUMRRO) 1982

BuM Con tract JO188053 HUMRRO

E81-0303 WVU

1982

Cat No: IG 11

Price: $6.00 (7 books)

Surface Mining*

Ex am ines haz ards com mon to sur face mines, in -

clud ing heavy equip ment op er a tions, highwalls,

slips and falls, ex plo sives and plant op era tion.

Printed in two vol umes: Work Book and An swer

Book.

MESA 1976 235 pp

Cat No: PI 10

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

Underground Coal Haulage and Transportation

Fo cuses on safety haz ards of the var i ous haul age

sys tems used in un der ground mines to trans port

min ers, coal, equip ment, and sup plies.

MSHA 1983 203 pp

Cat No: PI 7

Price: Free of charge (1 book)

$5.00 (each additional copy)

90

 HISTORICAL MATERIALS
The following codes are used in the INDEX.

New items are shown in bold type.

ABANDONED MINES

Abandoned and Active Mines, Dangers

Around (C/MNM) (OT) ............... 21

ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION

Accident Analysis and Problem

Identification for Coal Mines (IG)........ 21

Accident Analysis and Problem 

Identification for Metal and Nonmetal

Mines (IG) .......................... 21

Accident Investigation (C/MNM) (SM) ..... 21

Accident Prevention (C/MNM) (SM) ....... 21

Accident Reduction Program/Post

Accident Remedies, Technical Support

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 2

Ask the Right Questions (VC)............. 2

Degraded Image Hazard Recognition (C) (IG). . 25

Fall Protection: Your Lifeline to Safety

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 7

Frac ture Me chanic Ap proach to 

Un der stand ing Sup ports in 

Un der ground Coal Mines, The (IR)..... 80

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in

Surface Coal Mining (VC).............. 84

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in

Underground Coal Mining (VC) ......... 85

Hazard Recognition Training Program 

for Construction, Maintenance, and 

Repair Activities (IG) ................. 31

Hazard Recognition Training Program 

for Underground Limestone (IG)......... 31

Highwall Hazard Recognition (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 10

Injury Experience in Coal Mining, 

1995-2001 (IR) ...................... 80

Injury Experience in Metallic Mineral

Mining, 1995-2001 (IR)................ 80

Injury Experience in Nonmetallic Mineral

Mining (Except Stone and Coal),

1995-2001 (IR) ...................... 81

Injury Experience in Sand and Gravel

Mining, 1995-2001 (IR)................ 81

Injury Experience in Stone Mining,

1995-2001 (IR) ...................... 81

In jury Rate Prob lem at Maxmore Mine

(C) (NI) ............................ 65

Investigation of a Slip/Fall Accident (C) (NI) . . 65

Laboratory Safety (C/MNM) (SM) ......... 90

Mining Disasters (OT)................... 36

No Big Deal (C/MNM) (VC) ............. 12

Orientation and Indoctrination of Safe

Workmen (MNM) (VC)................ 86

Pipe Re pair Prob lem (C/MNM) (NI)........ 68

Raggs and Curly Guarding Exercise

(C) (NI) ............................ 71

Safety Observation (C/MNM) (IG) ......... 45

Safety On or Near the Water (MNM)

(VC) ............................... 15

Safety Tips (Working Beside Highwalls)

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 15

Slips, Trips, and Falls (VC) ............... 17

91

INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

CI Course of Instruction OT Other Materials

DVD Digital Versatile Disc PI Programmed Instruction Books

IG Instructional Guide SM Safety Manuals

IR Informational Reports VC Videotapes

NI NIOSH

Page Page 
Smoking Safety (C) [Pathway to

Safety 3] (VC)....................... 17

Strategies for Improving Miners’

Training (C/MNM) (IG) .............. 45

TRAP – Take Responsibility for

Accident Prevention (IG)............... 48

ANTHRACITE MINING

Anthracite Mining Workbook (PI) ......... 23

Anthracite: Pre-Shift Examinations of

Underground Mines (VC) .............. 2

Best Practice Card Series................. 49

Haulage and Hoisting in Underground

Anthracite Coal Mining (VC) ........... 9

On-The-Job Training Modules – Anthracite

and Bituminous Coal Preparation Plants

and Shops (IG)....................... 36

On-The-Job Training Modules – Surface

Anthracite (IG)....................... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Underground Anthracite (IG) ........... 40

Timbering in Underground Anthracite

 Mines (VC) ......................... 18

BACK INJURIES

Back Injuries in the Mining Industry (SM) ... 23

Control of Back Injuries in Mining (VC) .... 4

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

Oh! My Aching Back (C/MNM) (VC) ...... 85

Scientific Look at Back Belts (VC) ......... 16

BINS AND HOPPERS

Bins and Hoppers Safety Awareness

Program (C/MNM) (IG) ............... 23

Fatal Alert: Entry Into Storage Silos (VC) ... 7

BLASTING AND EXPLOSIVES

Blaster’s Training Program for Independent

Contractors (C/MNM) (IG) ............. 23

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Surface

and Underground Coal Mines (IG) ....... 23

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Surface

Metal and Nonmetal (IG)............... 24

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Underground

Metal and Nonmetal (IG)............... 24

Blasting Requirements - Surface Coal (CI)... 24

Explosives Underground - Handling Explosives in Modern Mines (MNM) (VC) ..... 6

Underground Coal Mine Blasting (VC)...... 87

BREATHING APPARATUS

Draeger BG 174A Breathing Apparatus,

Using the (IG) ....................... 26

MSA W-65 Self-Rescuer (IG) ............. 36

Respirators – Your Last Defense (VC) .... 14

Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs), An

Efficient Method for Donning (C) (VC)... 16

Self-Contained Self-Rescuer (SCSR), 

The Inspection, Care and Use of the

CSE SR-100 (C) (VC) ................ 16

CABS AND CANOPIES

Cabs and Canopies for Your Safety (C) (VC). . 83

Protective Canopy (A Survivor’s Story)

(VC) ............................... 13

Reason for Change (Canopy Save) (VC)..... 13

Reducing Dust Inside Enclosed Cabs

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 13

Stay Calm and Stay in the Cab! (VC) ....... 17

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (SM) ............ 24

COAL MINING – GENERAL

Annual Refresher Training Games (C) (IG) . . 22

Best Practice Card Series................. 49

Coal Country (OT)...................... 24

Coal Miners’ Chest X-ray Pro gram (C) (NI). . 59

Coal Mining (SM) ...................... 24

Crip ple Creek Deep Cut (C) (NI) .......... 61

Diesel Inspection of Underground Coal

Mine Equipment – Wagner Model

LST-5S Scoop (IG)................... 26

Fighting Miner Fatigue on Unusual

Work Schedules (C/MNM) ............ 29

92

 INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

Page Page 
Frac ture Me chanic Ap proach to 

Un der stand ing Sup ports in 

Un der ground Coal Mines, The (IR)..... 80

Gypsum Mining (C/MNM) (VC) ......... 8

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in

Surface Coal Mining (VC).............. 84

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in

Underground Coal Mines (VC) .......... 85

Hidden Hazards – Pipeline Safety in the

Mining Industry (C/MNM) (IG)........ 32

Highwall Hazard Recognition (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 10

Highwall Rescue Exercise (C) (NI)......... 63

Illumination in Underground Coal Mines

(VC) ............................... 85

In jury Rate Prob lem at Maxmore Mine

(C) (NI) ............................ 65

Introduction to Underground Coal

Mining (PI) ......................... 89

Mine Maps - Underground (C) (CI) ........ 35

No Big Deal (C/MNM) (VC) ............. 12

One Mission, One MSHA (C/MNM) (VC) . . 12

Part 48 Training - Coal (IG) .............. 42

Problem in the Shop (C/MNM) (NI) ........ 69

“Reflections” Mining History (C) (VC) .... 13

Safety Issues in Deep Cut Mining (Small

Mines Tech Transfer) (VC) ............. 15

Safety Practices in Low-Coal Mining (VC) . . 86

Safety Tips (Working Beside Highwalls)

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 15

Small Mines Training (C) (IG) ............ 90

Smoking Safety (C) [Pathway to

Safety 3] (VC)....................... 17

Supervisory Training Program (C) (IG) ..... 46

Surface Installations (C) (CI).............. 47

Survivor Stories of the Coal Mining

Industry (C) (DVD) .................. 18

The Time Was Right! Mary Lou George

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 18

Transportation and Communication in 

Underground Coal Mines (VC) .......... 87

Vulcan Mine Recovery (C) (NI) ........... 77

See also Anthracite Mining

See also Blasting and Explosives

CONTRACTORS

Best Practice Card Series................. 49

Surface Contractors Training Program

(C/MNM) (OT) ...................... 46

CONFINED SPACES

Confined Spaces in Mining (VC) .......... 4

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

DUST

Advisory Committee Recommendations

to Eliminate Black Lung and Silicosis

(C) (OT) ............................ 22

Best Practice Guide to the Milling

 of Slate, A (MNM) (VC) .............. 3

Calibration and Maintenance Procedures for

Coal Mine Respirable Dust Samplers (IR) . . 79

Coal Dust (PI) ......................... 89

Coal Dust: Hazards and Controls (VC) ..... 83

Comparison of Infrared Absorbances for

Standard Samples Prepared From Sieved

and Nonsieved Quartz Reference

Materials (IR)........................ 79

Dust Control - It’s Everyone’s Business (VC) . . 6

Dust Sampling and Laboratory Testing

Procedures After Underground Coal 

Mine Explosions (C) (IR) .............. 79

DUST – The Invisible Enemy (C/MNM) (VC). . 6

Dust – What You Can’t See CAN Hurt

You! (C) (OT) ....................... 26

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

Introduction to Operator Air Sampling

Programs (IR)........................ 81

Plain Talk About a Serious Problem...

Silicosis (VC)........................ 12

Radiation Hazards in Mining (SM) ......... 44

Reducing Dust Inside Enclosed Cabs

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 13

Silicosis: A Preventable Disease (MNM) (VC) . 17

Stop Silicosis (VC) ..................... 18

What Does the Term Silicosis Mean

to You? (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 20

93

INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

Page Page 
ELECTRICITY

Basics of Transformers and Monitors

(C/MNM) (NI)....................... 55

Electrical Calculations (C/MNM) (OT) .... 27

Electrical Hazards (C) (PI) ............... 27

Electrical Hazards (C/MNM) (SM) ......... 27

Electrical Hazards in Underground Coal

Mining (VC) ........................ 84

Electrical Lock-Out Procedures (C/MNM)

(VC) ............................... 84

Hot Shuttle Car (C) (NI) ................. 64

Installation of MSHA-Accepted Ground

Wire Monitors, Guidelines for (C) (IR).... 81

Lock Out and Tag for Safety (VC) ......... 11

Mine Electricity (C/MNM) (CI) ........... 34

Pathway to Safety 1 (VC) ................ 12

Permissibility - Electric Face Equipment

(C/MNM) (SM) ...................... 43

Pit Dis tri bu tion Trou ble shooting

(C/MNM) (NI)....................... 68

Trailing Cable Electrical Problem

(C/MNM) (NI)....................... 74

Underground Electrical Safety (C) (VC)... 20

FATALITIES

Fatal Accidents at Small Crushed Stone

and Sand and Gravel Mining Operations,

2000-2001 (MNM) (OT)............... 27

Fatal Accidents Involving Construction,

Maintenance and Repair at Coal Mines,

1996-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Construction,

Maintenance and Repair at Metal/

Nonmetal Mines, 1996-2001 (OT)....... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Contractors

at Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines, 

2000-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Conveyors at 

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines, 

1990-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Drowning at 

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines, 

1996-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Independent 

Contractors at Coal Mines, 

1996-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Independent

Contractors at Metal and Nonmetal 

Mines, 1996-2001 (OT) ............... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Roof Falls in 

Coal Mining, 1996-2001 (OT) .......... 29

Fatal Alert: Entry Into Storage Silos (VC) ... 7

Fatal Illustration Program (C/MNM)

(OT) ............................... 29

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Coal

(2000-2001) (OT) .................... 31

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Metal and 

Nonmetal (2000-2001) (OT) ............ 31

Haulage Fatalities– Underground 

Coal (2000-2001) (OT) ................ 31

FIRE

Belt Fire Exercise (C) (NI) ............... 56

Belt Fire Injury (C) (NI) ................. 56

Con tin u ous Miner Fire (C) (NI)............ 60

Escape From a Mine Fire (C) (NI).......... 62

Escape From Mine Fires (VC)............. 6

Fire Fighting in the Mineral Industry

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 84

Fire Protection (C/MNM) (CI) ............ 29

Fire Safety (C/MNM) (SM)............... 29

Fire Suppression - How It Works (C) (VC)... 7

Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire 

Risk Assessment (C/MNM) (NI)......... 63

Magic of Fire, The (C/MNM) (VC)......... 85

Travel Through Smoke (C) (NI) ........... 75

FIRST AID

Apparent Diving Accident (C/MNM) (NI) ... 55

Belt Fire Injury (C) (NI) ................. 56

Belt Haulage Accident (C) (NI)............ 56

Belt Line Problem (MNM) (NI) ........... 57

Bennie’s Chest Pain (C) (NI).............. 57

Bernie’s Feeder Ac ci dent (MNM) (NI)...... 57

Bob’s Elec tri cal Shock (C) (NI) ........... 58

94

 INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

Page Page 
Bob’s Loader Ac ci dent (C/MNM) (NI)...... 58

Cleo’s Long wall Ac ci dent (C) (NI)......... 59

Cleo’s Longwall Accident (C) (NI) – 

Role Play ........................... 59

Continuous Miner Accident (C) (NI)........ 60

Con tin u ous Miner Ac ci dent (C) (NI) – 

Role Play ........................... 60

Con tin u ous Miner Fire (C) (NI)............ 60

Elec tri cal Shock Vic tim (MNM) (NI) ....... 62

First Aid (C/MNM) (SM) ................ 30

First Aid Book (C/MNM) (IG) ............ 30

First Aid Instructor’s Guide (C/MNM) (IG) . . 30

First Aid Video (C/MNM) (VC) ........... 7

Harvey Roles I (MNM) (VC) ............. 8

Harvey Roles II (C) (VC) ................ 8

Haul Truck Repair Accident (C/MNM) (NI). . 63

Highwall Rescue Exercise (C) (NI)......... 63

Leroy’s Feeder Ac ci dent (C) (NI) .......... 65

Lin gering Smoke Ex er cise (C) (NI)......... 66

Prob lem on Dragline #1 (C/MNM)) (NI) .... 69

Prob lem on the Belt Line (C/MNM) (NI) .... 70

Prob lem on the Cat walk (C) (NI) .......... 70

Problem on the Catwalk (Phosphate) (MNM) (NI). . 70

Scoop Accident, First Aid Problem (C) (NI). . 73

Trailing Cable Repair (C) (NI) ............ 74

Traumatic Arm Amputation (C) (NI) - 

Role Play ........................... 75

Traumatic Head Injury (C) (NI)............ 75

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) (NI)......... 76

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) (NI) - 

Role Play ........................... 76

Water Line Repair (C) (NI) ............... 77

GAMES

Annual Refresher Training Games (C) (IG) . . 22

Safety Basketball (MNM) (IG) ............ 45

GASES

Chemistry, Analysis and Interpretation 

of Mine Atmospheres (C/MNM) (IG) ..... 89

Evaluation of Gases From Mine Explosions

by Elemental Balancing, The (IR)........ 80

Mine Gases (C/MNM) (SM) .............. 35

Mine Gases (C) (PI)..................... 90

GROUND CONTROL

Dump Point Inspection Handbook 

(C/MNM) (IG) ...................... 26

Ground Support . . . It’s Important (Miner

Mike Saves the Day) (MNM) (VC)....... 8

GUARDING

Equipment Guarding, MSHA’s Guide to

(C/MNM) (OT) ...................... 27

Raggs and Curly Guarding Exercise (C) (NI) . . 71

HAULAGE

Analysis of Underground Powered Haulage

Lost Time Accidents, January 1990-

December 1999 (C/MNM) (OT) ......... 22

Automatic Emergency Parking Brakes (VC). . 2

Best Practice Card Series................. 49

Blind Spots Can Kill (C/MNM) (VC) ....... 3

Coal Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles

and Wastepiles (VC) .................. 3

Customer and Delivery Truck Drivers

Hazard Training (MNM) (VC) .......... 4

Dawn of a New Day: Continuous 

Haulage Safety (C) (VC) ............... 5

Diesel Regulations - Heavy Duty 

Vehicles (VC) ....................... 5

Diesel Regulations – Light Duty 

Vehicles (VC) ....................... 5

Dump Point Inspection Handbook 

(C/MNM) (IG) ...................... 26

Good Berms Save Lives (MNM) (VC) ...... 8

Haul Road and Dump Site Berms

(C/MNM) (DVD) .................... 9

Haul Road Inspection Handbook (IG)....... 30

Haulage and Hoisting in Underground

Anthracite Coal Mining (VC) ........... 9

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Coal

(2000-2001) (OT) .................... 31

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Metal and

Nonmetal (2000-2001) (OT) ............ 31

95

INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

Page Page 
Haulage Fatalities– Underground

Coal (2000-2001) (OT) ................ 31

Haulage Safety in Low-Coal Mines (VC) .... 84

Maintaining Diesel Engines (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 11

Safety on the Move: Truck Haulage Safety

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 15

Stay Calm and Stay in the Cab! (VC) ....... 17

Surface Haulage Coal Mine Inspector

Training (CI) ........................ 46

Surface Haulage Metal/Nonmetal Mine

Inspector Training (CI) ................ 46

Surface Haulage Safety (C/MNM) (SM)..... 46

Surface Powered Haulage Safety 

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 47

Tire and Rim Safety Awareness Program

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 47

Traffic Control at Surface Mines and Installations, Guidelines for (C/MNM) (OT) ..... 47

Truck Haulage Safety Series 

(Coal and MNM) (VC) ................ 18

Underground Coal Haulage and

Transportation (PI).................... 90

Underground Haulage, Transportation 

and Machinery (C) (CI) ................ 48

What You Can’t See Could Kill Someone

 [Pathway to Safety 2] (CMNM) (VC) .... 20

HOISTING

Haulage and Hoisting in Underground

Anthracite Coal Mining (VC) ........... 9

Hoisting (C/MNM) (CI).................. 32

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

Advisory Committee Recommendations

to Eliminate Black Lung and Silicosis

(C) (OT) ............................ 22

Air We Breathe in Industrial Environments,

The (C/MNM) (VC)................... 83

Analysis of Noise Reduction with Earmuff

Hearing Protectors Under Field Conditions - Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) ..... 79

Bloodborne Pathogens: A Guide for

the Mining Industry (IG) ............... 24

Chemical Hazard Information (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 3

Coal Dust (PI) ......................... 89

Coal Dust: Hazards and Controls (VC) ..... 83

Coal Miners’ Chest X-ray Pro gram (C) (NI). . 59

Comparison of Infrared Absorbances

for Standard Samples Prepared From 

Sieved and Non-sieved Quartz 

Reference Materials (IR) ............... 79

Conducting a Chemical Hazard

Determination (C/MNM) (VC) ......... 4

Effect of Threshold on Noise Dosimeter

Measurements and Interpretation of 

Their Results, The (IR) ................ 80

Evaluation of Muff Type Hearing 

Protectors as Used in the Mining 

Industry - Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR).... 80

Field Evaluations of Hearing Protection

Devices at Surface Mining Environments -

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) .......... 80

Hazard Communication (C/MNM) (DVD). . 9

HazCom Information (OT).............. 32

HazCom 30 CFR Part 47 – Telling Miners

About Chemical Hazards (OT)......... 32

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

Hearing Conservation, MSHA’s Part 62

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 10

Heat Stress in Mining (MNM) (SM) ........ 32

Industrial Hygiene for Healthier Miners

(C/MNM) (SM) ...................... 33

Industrial Hygiene for the Mining 

Industry (C/MNM) (PI) ................ 89

Industrial Hygiene: Sampling for 

Silica and Noise (IG) .................. 33

Magnitude of the Noise-Induced Hearing 

Loss Problem in the Mining Industries, 

The (IR) ............................ 81

Miners’ Health Pack, The (IG) ............ 35

Noise Exposure in U.S. Coal Mines (IR)..... 82

Plain Talk About a Serious Problem –

Silicosis (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 12

Radiation Hazards in Mining (SM) ......... 44

Respirators – Your Last Defense (VC) .... 14

96

 INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

Page Page 
Sampling for Silica and Noise – A

Handbook for Metal/Nonmetal 

Miners and Mine Operators (IG) ......... 45

Silicosis: A Preventable Disease

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 17

Stop Silicosis (VC) ..................... 18

Toolbox – Practical Ways to Reduce 

Exposure to Diesel Exhaust in

Mining (OT)......................... 47

Understanding MSHA’s HazCom (OT).... 48

What Does the Term Silicosis Mean 

to You? (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 20

INUNDATIONS

Inundation of Water and Ignition– 

Eyewitness Account (C) (VC)........... 10

JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS

Job Safety Analysis (C/MNM) (CI)......... 34

Job Safety Analysis (C/MNM) (SM)........ 34

Job Safety Analysis Process: A Practical

Approach, The (C/MNM) (IG) .......... 34

KILN SAFETY

Safety Procedures in Kiln Rebricking

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 15

LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30, 

via Computer Linkup (OT) ............. 25

Diesel Regulations - Heavy Duty 

Vehicles (C) (VC) .................... 5

Diesel Regulations – Light Duty 

Vehicles (C) (VC) .................... 5

Miners’ Rights and Responsibilities Under

the Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Act of 1977, Guide to (C/MNM) (OT) .... 36

Part 50 – Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (CI)..... 43

Program Policy Manual (OT) ............. 44

LIGHTING

Illumination in Underground Coal 

Mines (VC) ......................... 85

Mine Illumination (C) (IG) ............... 35

MACHINERY

Automatic Emergency Parking Brakes (VC). . 2

Cabs and Canopies for Your Safety 

(C) (VC)............................ 83

Front-End Loader Hazard Awareness

Program (C/MNM) (IG) ............... 30

Front-End Loader Safety (C/MNM) (VC).... 7

Maintaining Diesel Engines (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 11

Rubber-Tired Front-End Loader and 

Forklift Truck Accident Prevention

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 44

Seat Belt Success Story - Part I - 

By Terry Sanders (C/MNM) (VC)........ 16

Seat Belt Success Story - Part II - (The

Roger Newman Story) (C/MNM) (VC).... 16

Stay Out of the Danger Zone (C) (VC) ...... 17

Underground Haulage, Transportation 

and Machinery (C) (CI) ................ 48

MANAGEMENT

Industry Supervisory Training - Metal/

Nonmetal (IG) ....................... 33

Management’s Role in Health and Safety

(C) (VC)............................ 85

“Reflections” Mining History (C) (VC) .... 13

Supervisor’s Responsibilities in Roof

Control (C) (VC) ..................... 87

Supervisory Training Program (C) (IG) ..... 46

Supervisory Training Series (MNM) (VC) ... 87

Vulcan Mine Recovery (C) (NI) ........... 77

METAL/NONMETAL MINING

Ball Mill Safety (MNM) (VC)............. 3

Best Practice Guide to the Milling

 of Slate, A (MNM) (VC) .............. 3

Best Practice Card Series................. 49

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Surface

Metal and Nonmetal (IG)............... 24

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Underground

Metal and Nonmetal (IG)............... 24

Breathe and Live: Ventilation in Metal

and Nonmetal Mines (VC).............. 83

97

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Fighting Miner Fatigue on Unusual

Work Schedules (C/MNM) ............ 29

Gypsum Mining (C/MNM) (VC) ......... 8

Hidden Hazards – Pipeline Safety in the

Mining Industry (C/MNM) (IG)........ 32

Highwall Hazard Recognition (C/MNM) (VC). . 10

Introduction to Metal/Nonmetal Mining:

A Programmed Text (PI) ............... 33

Milling and Crushing (MNM) (PI) ......... 90

No Big Deal (C/MNM) (VC) ............. 12

One Mission, One MSHA (C/MNM) (VC) . . 12

On-The-Job Training Modules – Cement (IG) . . 37

On-The-Job Training Modules – Metal 

and Nonmetal Dredges (IG)............. 37

On-The-Job Training Modules – Metal/

Nonmetal Inspectors (IG) .............. 37

On-The-Job Training Modules – Sand, 

Gravel and Crushed Stone (IG) .......... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – Surface

Metal and Nonmetal (IG)............... 39

Open-Pit Mining Hazards (MNM) (VC) ..... 85

Orientation and Indoctrination of Safe 

Workmen (VC) ...................... 86

Part 48 Training - Metal/Nonmetal (IG) ..... 42

Problem in the Shop (C/MNM) (NI) ........ 69

Radiation Hazards in Mining (SM) ......... 44

Safety and Health Audit for

Aggregate Operators (MNM) (IG) ....... 44

Safety and Health Audit for 

Aggregate Operators - Long

Version (MNM) (IG) .................. 44

Safety Procedures in Kiln Rebricking

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 15

Safety Tips (Working Beside Highwalls)

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 15

The Time Was Right! Mary Lou George

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 18

MINE EMERGENCIES AND RESCUE

Advanced Mine Emergency Operations

(C/MNM) (CI) ....................... 22

Another Sunrise: A Close Call on a

Surge Pile (C) (VC) .................. 2

Belt Fire Exercise (C) (NI) ............... 56

Con tin u ous Miner Fire (C) (NI)............ 60

Draeger BG 174A Breathing Apparatus, 

Using the (IG)....................... 26

Emergency Response Planning 

(Who Needs It?) (VC) ................. 6

Escape From a Mine Fire (C) (NI).......... 62

Escape From Mine Fires (VC)............. 6

I Can’t Get Enough Air (C) (NI) ........... 64

Lin gering Smoke Ex er cise (C) (NI)......... 66

Low Coal Fire (C) (NI) .................. 66

Locating and Rescue of Trapped Miners

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 11

Man in the Bin (C/MNM) (NI) ............ 67

MERD – Mock Disaster (C) (VC).......... 11

Mine Emergency Ventilation 

(C/MNM) (CI) ....................... 34

Mine Escapeways (C/MNM) (SM) ......... 35

Mine Rescue Training Modules 

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 35

MSA W-65 Self-Rescuer (IG) ............. 36

Principles of Mine Rescue (IG) ............ 43

Recovery of Farmington #9 - An 

Interview With Danny Kuhn (VC) ....... 13

Safety Talk: The Emergency Communication

Triangle (C/MNM) (NI)................ 72

Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs), An

Efficient Method for Donning (C) (VC) ... 16

Smoke on the Sec tion (C) (NI) ............ 73

Surge Pile Survivor (C) (VC) ............ 18

Travel Through Smoke (C) (NI) ........... 75

Vulcan Mine Ignition (C) (NI)............. 76

Water Line Repair (C) (NI) ............... 77

NOISE

Analysis of Noise Reduction with Earmuff

Hearing Protectors Under Field Conditions - Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) ..... 79

Audiometric Testing Reference Guide 

for MSHA’s Occupational Noise 

Exposure Standard (IG) .............. 23

Best Practice Guide to the Milling

 of Slate, A (MNM) (VC) .............. 3

98

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Comparison of Noise Exposure 

Measurements Conducted With Sound 

Level Meters and Noise Dosimeters 

Under Field Conditions C/MNM) (IR) .... 79

Compliance Guide to MSHA’s Occupational Noise Exposure Standard (IG)...... 25

Effect of Threshold on Noise Dosimeter

Measurements and Interpretation of 

Their Results, The (IR) ................ 80

Evaluation of Muff Type Hearing 

Protectors as Used in the Mining 

Industry – Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) . . 80

Field Evaluations of Hearing Protection

Devices at Surface Mining Environments –

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) .......... 80

Guide to Conducting Noise Sampling, 

A (IG).............................. 30

Hearing Conservation, MSHA’s Part 62

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 10

Magnitude of the Noise-Induced 

Hearing Loss Problem in the Mining

 Industries, The (IR)................... 81

Noise Exposure in U.S. Coal Mines (IR)..... 82

Operation of the Quest Micro-15 Noise

Dosimeter (C/MNM) (VC) ............. 86

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING MODULES

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Anthracite and Bituminous Coal

Preparation Plants and Shops (IG)........ 36

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Cement (IG) ......................... 37

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Metal and Nonmetal Dredges (IG) ....... 37

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Metal/Nonmetal Inspectors (IG) ......... 37

On-The-Job Training Modules - Sand, 

Gravel, and Crushed Stone (IG) ......... 38

On-The-Job Training - Structuring 

Effective Programs (C/MNM) (IG) ....... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Surface Anthracite (IG) ................ 38

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Surface Coal (IG)..................... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Surface Coal Mine Inspection (IG) ....... 39

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Surface Metal/Nonmetal (IG) ........... 39

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Underground Anthracite (IG) ........... 40

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Underground Coal (IG) ................ 40

On-The-Job Training Modules – Underground Coal Mine Inspection (IG)........ 40

PART 45

Part 45 – Coal and Metal/Nonmetal 

Entry Level Training (CI) .............. 40

PART 46

How to Tailor Off-The-Shelf Training 

Materials (C/MNM) (IG)............... 89

Instructor Training Workshop Guide (IG).... 33

Part 46 Instructors Guide with Lesson

Plans, 30 CFR (IG) ................... 41

Part 46 Starter Kit with Sample 

Training Forms, 30 CFR (IG) ........... 41

Part 46 Training Packet - Introduction

to the Work Environment (IG)........... 41

Part 46 Training – Sand and Gravel Mines

(MNM) (IG)......................... 41

PART 47

HazCom 30 CFR Part 47 – Telling Miners

About Chemical Hazards (OT)......... 32

Understanding MSHA’s HazCom (OT).... 48

PART 48 

How to Tailor Off-The-Shelf Training 

Materials (C/MNM) (IG)............... 89

Instructor Training Workshop Guide (IG).... 33

Part 48 Training - Coal (IG) .............. 42

Part 48 Training - Metal/Nonmetal (IG) ..... 42

PART 50

Part 50 - Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (CI) ..... 43

99

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Analysis of Noise Reduction with Earmuff

Hearing Protectors Under Field Conditions -

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) .......... 79

Draeger BG 174A Breathing Apparatus, 

Using the (IG)....................... 26

Evaluation of Muff Type Hearing 

Protectors as Used in the Mining 

Industry - Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR)... 80

Field Evaluations of Hearing Protection

Devices at Surface Mining Environments -

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) .......... 80

Hearing Conservation, MSHA’s Part 62

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 10

No Big Deal (C/MNM) (VC) ............. 12

MSA W-65 Self-Rescuer (IG) ............. 36

Personal Protective Equipment 

(C/MNM) (SM) ...................... 43

Respirators – Your Last Defense (VC) .... 14

PREPARATION PLANTS

Coal Preparation (IG).................... 25

Man in the Bin (C/MNM) (NI) ............ 67

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Anthracite and Bituminous Coal 

Preparation Plants and Shops (IG)........ 36

Prep Plant Belt Problem (C/MNM) (NI) ..... 68

Surface Installations (C) (CI).............. 47

REFUSE PILES AND IMPOUNDMENTS

Dump Point Inspection Handbook 

(C/MNM) (IG) ...................... 26

Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles and

Wastepiles (MNM) (VC)............... 5

Haul Road and Dump Site Berms

(C/MNM) (DVD) .................... 9

Presentations From the 1992 Coal 

Mining Impoundment Informational 

Meeting (IR) ........................ 82

Slope Stability of Waste Dams and

Embankments (C/MNM) (VC) .......... 86

ROOF AND RIB CONTROL

Bull’s Double Header: Too Much

Unsupported Roof (C) (NI) ............. 58

Cabs and Canopies for Your Safety

(C) (VC)............................ 83

Coal Mine Roof and Rib Control (SM) ...... 89

Don’t Be the Fall Guy! (OT) .............. 26

Frac ture Me chanic Ap proach to 

Un der stand ing Sup ports in 

Un der ground Coal Mines, The (IR)..... 80

Geology of Roof Falls (C) (VC) ........... 8

Inby Roof Support (VC) ................. 10

It Can Happen to You (C) (VC) .......... 11

Main Haulage Scaling (C) (NI) ............ 66

Pete’s Pre dic a ment: Un sup ported Roof 

(C) (NI) ............................ 67

Protective Canopy (A Survivor’s Story)

(VC) ............................... 13

REAP – Roof and Rib Fatalities (C) (VC) ... 86

Rock Falls - Preventing Rock Fall Injuries

in Underground Mines (MNM) (VC) ..... 14

Roof and Rib Control (C) (CI)............. 44

Roof and Rib Control (C) (PI)............. 90

Roof and Rib Control (C) (VC) .......... 14

Roof and Rib Fall Accident Statistics, An

Overview of (C) (VC) ................. 14

Roof Bolting in Coal Mines (VC) .......... 86

Roof Con trol at In ter sec tions Ex er cise

(C) (NI) ............................ 71

Roof Fall Entrapment (C) (NI) ............ 71

Roof Fall Entrapment: 

Eye Witness Accounts (C) (VC) ......... 14

Roof Fall Entrapment: 

Survivors’ Accounts (C) (VC)........... 15

Roof Support in a Primary Escapeway

(C) (NI) ............................ 72

Sammy’s Loose Roof Decisions (C) (NI) .... 72

Scaling (VC) .......................... 16

Supervisor’s Responsibilities in Roof

Control (C) (VC) ..................... 87

Trouble-Shooting Guide for Roof Support

Systems, A (IR) ...................... 82

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) (NI)......... 76

100

 INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

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Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) (NI) - 

Role Play ........................... 76

Why Roof Control Plans? (C) (VC)......... 87

SALT MINING

Part 48 Training - Metal and Nonmetal (IG). . 42

SEAT BELTS

Seat Belt Success Story - Part I - By

Terry Sanders (C/MNM) (VC) .......... 16

Seat Belt Success Story - Part II - (The

Roger Newman Story) (C/MNM) (VC).... 16

SILICA/SILICOSIS

Advisory Committee Recommendations 

to Eliminate Black Lung and Silicosis 

(C) (OT) ............................ 22

Coal Miners’ Chest X-ray Pro gram (C) (NI). . 59

Dust Control - It’s Everyone’s Business (VC) . . 6

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

Plain Talk About a Serious Problem...

Silicosis (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 12

Silicosis: A Preventable Disease 

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 17

Stop Silicosis (VC) ..................... 18

What Does the Term Silicosis Mean 

to You? (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 20

STATISTICS

Roof and Rib Fall Accident Statistics, An

Overview of (C) (VC) ................. 14

STOCKPILES

Another Sunrise: A Close Call on a

Surge Pile (C) (VC) .................. 2

Coal Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles

and Wastepiles (VC) .................. 3

Dump Point Inspection Handbook 

(C/MNM) (IG) ...................... 26

Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles and

Wastepiles (MNM) (VC)............... 5

Haul Road and Dump Site Berms

(C/MNM) (DVD) .................... 9

Hazards and Safety Practices on Surge

Piles (MNM) (VC).................... 9

Hazards of Coal Stockpiling Operations (VC) . . 9

Hidden Danger: Safety Improvements 

for Surge Piles (C) (VC) ............... 10

Material Instability Hazards in MineProcessing Operations (IR) ............. 81

Stockpiling Safety (SM) ................. 45

Surge Pile Survivor (C) (VC) ............ 18

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Manual, 

Mining Industry (C/MNM) (OT)......... 22

Coping with Substance Abuse in 

Mining (SM) ........................ 25

Part 48 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Recognition in the Mining Industry

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 42

Substance Abuse Recognition for 

Supervisors (C/MNM) (CI) ............. 45

Survey of Substance Abuse Programs in 

the Mining Industry, A (C/MNM) (OT) ... 47

SURFACE MINING

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance in

Surface Coal Mining (VC).............. 84

Hidden Hazards – Pipeline Safety in the

Mining Industry (C/MNM) (IG)........ 32

On-The-Job Training Modules – Surface

Anthracite (C) (IG) ................... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – Surface

Coal (IG) ........................... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Surface Metal/Nonmetal (IG) ........... 39

Open-Pit Mining Hazards (MNM) (VC) ..... 85

Part 48 Training - Coal (IG) .............. 42

Part 48 Training - Metal/Nonmetal (IG) ..... 42

Surface Haulage Safety (C/MNM) (SM)..... 46

Surface Installations (C) (CI).............. 47

Surface Mining (PI) ..................... 90

Surface Powered Haulage Safety

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 47

101

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TRUCK SAFETY – SEE HAULAGE

VENTILATION

Bleeder and Gob Ventilation Systems 

(C) (CI) ............................ 24

Breathe and Live: Ventilation in 

Metal and Nonmetal Mines (VC) ........ 83

Cutthrough Ven ti la tion Ar range ment (C)

(NI)................................ 61

Delta Mine Cutthrough (C) (NI) ........... 62

Extensible Line Curtain (C) (VC) .......... 84

Mine Emergency Ventilation 

(C/MNM) (CI) ....................... 34

Mine Ventilation (C/MNM) (SM) .......... 90

VIOLATIONS

Repeat Violation Reduction Program

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 86

Repeat Violation Reduction Program (IG) ... 44

WELDING

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

WINTER ALERT

Winter Alert (C/MNM) (SM) ............. 48

Winter Alert (C) (VC) ................... 20

Winter Alert: The Sonman Mine

Disaster (C) (VC)..................... 20

102

 INDEX (BY SUBJECT)

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Abandoned and Active Mines, Dangers

Around (C/MNM) (OT)................ 21

Accident Analysis and Problem 

Identification for Coal Mines (IG)........ 21

Accident Analysis and Problem Identification for Metal/Nonmetal Mines (IG) ...... 21

Accident Investigation (C/MNM) (SM) ..... 21

Accident Prevention (C/MNM) (SM) ....... 21

Accident Reduction Program/Post Accident

Remedies, Technical Support (C/MNM)

(VC) ............................... 2

Advanced Mine Emergency Operations

(C/MNM) (CI) ....................... 22

Advisory Committee Recommendations to

Eliminate Black Lung and Silicosis (C) (OT). . 22

Air We Breathe in Industrial 

Environments, The (C/MNM) (VC) ...... 83

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Manual, 

Mining Industry (C/MNM) (OT)......... 22

Analysis of Noise Reduction With 

Earmuff Hearing Protectors Under 

Field Conditions - Coal and Metal/

Nonmetal (IR) ....................... 79

Analysis of Underground Powered Haulage

Lost Time Accidents, January 1990 - 

December 1999 (C/MNM) (OT) ......... 22

Annual Refresher Training Games (C) (IG) . . 22

Another Sunrise: A Close Call on a

Surge Pile (C) (VC) .................. 2

Anthracite Mining Workbook (PI) ......... 23

Anthracite: Pre-Shift Examinations

of Underground Mines (VC) ............ 2

Apparent Diving Accident (C/MNM) (NI) ... 55

Ask the Right Questions (VC)............. 2

Audiometric Testing Reference Guide 

for MSHA’s Occupational Noise 

Exposure Standard (IG) .............. 23

Automatic Emergency Parking Brakes (VC). . 2

Back Injuries in the Mining Industry (SM) ... 23

Ball Mill Safety (MNM) (VC)............. 3

Basics of Transformers and Monitors

(C/MNM) (NI)....................... 55

Belt Fire Exercise (C) (NI) ............... 56

Belt Fire Injury (C) (NI) ................. 56

Belt Haulage Accident (C) (NI)............ 56

Belt Line Problem (MNM) (NI) ........... 57

Bennie’s Chest Pain (C) (NI).............. 57

Bernie’s Feeder Ac ci dent (MNM) (NI)...... 57

Best Practice Card Series................. 49

Best Practice Guide to the Milling of

Slate, A (MNM) (VC)................. 3

Bins and Hoppers Safety Awareness 

Program (C/MNM) (IG) ............... 23

Blaster’s Training Program for

Independent Contractors (C/MNM) (IG)... 23

Blasting Hazard Awareness: Surface

and Underground Coal Mines (IG) ....... 23

Blasting Hazard Awareness: 

Surface Metal and Nonmetal (IG) ........ 24

Blasting Hazard Awareness: 

Underground Metal and Nonmetal (IG) ... 24

Blasting Requirements - Surface Coal (CI)... 24

Bleeder and Gob Ventilation Systems (C) (CI). . 24

Blind Spots Can Kill! (C/MNM) (VC) ...... 3

Bloodborne Pathogens: A Guide for

the Mining Industry (IG) ............... 24

Bob’s Elec tri cal Shock (C) (NI) ........... 58

Bob’s Loader Ac ci dent (C/MNM) (NI)...... 58

Bull’s Double Header: Too Much

Unsupported Roof (C) (NI) ............. 58

Breathe and Live: Ventilation in 

Metal and Nonmetal Mines (VC) ........ 83

Cabs and Canopies for Your Safety (C) (VC)... 83

Calibration and Maintenance Procedures

 for Coal Mine Respirable Dust 

Samplers (IR)........................ 79

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (SM) ............ 24

Chemical Hazard Information (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 3

Chemistry, Analysis and Interpretation 

of Mine Atmospheres (C/MNM) (IG) ..... 89

Cleo’s Long wall Ac ci dent (C) (NI)......... 59

Cleo’s Longwall Accident (C) (NI) – 

Role Play ........................... 59

Coal Country (OT)...................... 24

103

INDEX (BY TITLE)

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Coal Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles

and Wastepiles (VC) .................. 3

Coal Dust (PI) ......................... 89

Coal Dust: Hazards and Controls (VC) ...... 83

Coal Mine Roof and Rib Control (SM) ...... 89

Coal Miners’ Chest X-ray Pro gram (C) (NI). . 59

Coal Mining (SM) ...................... 24

Coal Preparation (IG).................... 25

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30,

via Computer Linkup (OT) ............. 25

Comparison of Infrared Absorbances

for Standard Samples Prepared From

Sieved and Nonsieved Quartz Reference

Materials (IR)........................ 79

Comparison of Noise Exposure 

Measurements Conducted With 

Sound Level Meters and Noise 

Dosimeters Under Field Conditions 

(C/MNM) (IR) ....................... 79

Compliance Guide to MSHA’s Occupational Noise Exposure Standard (IG)...... 25

Conducting a Chemical Hazard

Determination (C/MNM) (VC) ......... 4

Confined Spaces in Mining (VC) .......... 4

Continuous Miner Accident (C) (NI)........ 60

Con tin u ous Miner Ac ci dent (C) (NI) – 

Role Play ........................... 60

Con tin u ous Miner Fire (C) (NI)............ 60

Control of Back Injuries in Mining (VC) .... 4

Coping with Substance Abuse in 

Mining (SM) ........................ 25

Crip ple Creek Deep Cut (C) (NI) .......... 61

Customer and Delivery Truck Drivers

Hazard Training (MNM) (VC) .......... 4

Cutthrough Ven ti la tion Ar range ment (C)

(NI)................................ 61

Dawn of a New Day: Continuous 

Haulage Safety (C) (VC) ............... 5

Degraded Image Hazard Recognition (C) (IG). . 25

Delta Mine Cutthrough (C) (NI) ........... 62

Diesel Inspection of Underground Coal

Mine Equipment – Wagner Model

LST-5S Scoop (IG)................... 26

Diesel Regulations - Heavy Duty 

Vehicles (C) (VC) .................... 5

Diesel Regulations – Light Duty 

Vehicles (C) (VC) .................... 5

Don’t Be the Fall Guy! (OT) .............. 26

Draeger BG 174A Breathing Apparatus,

Using the (IG) ....................... 26

Dump Point Inspection Handbook 

(C/MNM) (IG) ...................... 26

Dump Point Safety: Stockpiles and

Wastepiles (MNM) (VC)............... 5

Dust Control – It’s Everyone’s

Business (VC) ....................... 6

Dust Sampling and Laboratory Testing

Procedures After Underground Coal 

Mine Explosions (C) (IR) .............. 79

DUST – The Invisible Enemy

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 6

Dust - What You Can’t See 

CAN Hurt You! (C) (OT) .............. 26

Effect of Threshold on Noise Dosimeter

Measurements and Interpretation of

Their Results, The (IR) ................ 80

Electrical Calculations (C/MNM) (OT) .... 27

Electrical Hazards (C) (PI) ............... 27

Electrical Hazards (C/MNM) (SM) ......... 27

Electrical Hazards in Underground Coal 

Mining (VC) ........................ 84

Electrical Lock-Out Procedures (C/MNM) (VC). . 84

Elec tri cal Shock Vic tim (MNM) (NI) ....... 62

Emergency Response Planning (Who

Needs It?) (VC) ...................... 6

Equipment Guarding, MSHA’s Guide

to (C/MNM) (OT) .................... 27

Escape From a Mine Fire (C) (NI).......... 62

Escape From Mine Fires (VC)............. 6

Evaluation of Gases From Mine Explosions

by Elemental Balancing, The (IR)........ 80

Evaluation of Muff Type Hearing Protectors

as Used in the Mining Industry - Coal and

Metal/Nonmetal (IR) .................. 80

Explosives Underground - Handling Explosives in Modern Mines (MNM) (VC) ..... 6

104

 INDEX (BY TITLE)

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Extensible Line Curtain (C) (VC) .......... 84

Fall Protection: Your Lifeline to Safety

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 7

Fatal Accidents at Small Crushed Stone

and Sand and Gravel Mining Operations,

2000-2001 (MNM) (OT)............... 27

Fatal Accidents Involving Construction,

Maintenance and Repair at Coal Mines,

1996-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Construction,

Maintenance and Repair at Metal/

Nonmetal Mines, 1996-2001 (OT)....... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Contractors

at Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines, 

2000-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Conveyors at 

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines, 

1990-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Drowning at 

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal Mines, 

1996-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Independent 

Contractors at Coal Mines, 

1996-2001 (OT)...................... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Independent

Contractors at Metal and Nonmetal 

Mines, 1996-2001 (OT) ............... 28

Fatal Accidents Involving Roof Falls in 

Coal Mining, 1996-2001 (OT) .......... 29

Fatal Alert: Entry Into Storage Silos (VC)..... 7

Fatal Illustration Program (C/MNM) (OT) ... 29

Field Evaluations of Hearing Protection 

Devices at Surface Mining Environments -

Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (IR) .......... 80

Fighting Miner Fatigue on Unusual

Work Schedules (C/MNM) ............ 29

Fire Fighting in the Mineral Industry 

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 84

Fire Protection (C/MNM) (CI) ............ 29

Fire Safety (C/MNM) (SM)............... 29

Fire Suppression - How It Works (C) (VC)... 7

First Aid (C/MNM) (SM) ................ 30

First Aid Book (C/MNM) (IG) ............ 30

First Aid Instructor’s Guide (C/MNM) (IG) . . 30

First Aid Video (C/MNM) (VC) ........... 7

Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire 

Risk Assessment (C/MNM) (NI)......... 63

Frac ture Me chanic Ap proach to 

Un der stand ing Sup ports in 

Un der ground Coal Mines, The (IR)..... 80

Front-End Loader Hazard Awareness 

Program (C/MNM) (IG) ............... 30

Front-End Loader Safety (C/MNM) (VC).... 7

Geology of Roof Falls (C) (VC) ........... 8

Good Berms Save Lives (MNM) (VC) ...... 8

Guide to Conducting Noise Sampling, A (IG) . . 30

Ground Support . . . It’s Important (Miner

Mike Saves the Day) (MNM) (VC)....... 8

Gypsum Mining (C/MNM) (VC) ......... 8

Harvey Roles I (MNM) (VC) ............. 8

Harvey Roles II (C) (VC) ................ 8

Haul Road and Dump Site Berms

(C/MNM) (DVD) .................... 9

Haul Road Inspection Handbook (IG)....... 30

Haul Truck Repair Accident (C/MNM) (NI). . 63

Haulage and Hoisting in Underground

Anthracite Coal Mining (VC) ........... 9

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Coal

(2000-2001) (OT) .................... 31

Haulage Fatalities – Surface Metal and 

Nonmetal (2000-2001) (OT) ............ 31

Haulage Fatalities - Underground Coal

(2000-2001) (OT) .................... 31

Haulage Safety in Low-Coal Mines (VC) .... 84

Hazard Communication (C/MNM) (DVD). . 9

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance 

in Surface Coal Mining (VC)............ 84

Hazard Recognition and Avoidance 

in Underground Coal Mines (VC) ........ 85

Hazard Recognition Training Program 

for Construction, Maintenance, and 

Repair Activities (IG) ................. 31

Hazard Recognition Training Program

for Underground Limestone (IG)......... 31

Hazards and Safety Practices on Surge 

Piles (MNM) (VC).................... 9

105

INDEX (BY TITLE)

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Hazards of Coal Stockpiling Operations (VC). . 9

HazCom Information (OT).............. 32

HazCom 30 CFR Part 47 – Telling Miners

About Chemical Hazards (OT)......... 32

Health Hazard Card Series................ 52

Hearing Conservation, MSHA’s Part 62 

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 10

Heat Stress in Mining (MNM) (SM) ........ 32

Hidden Danger: Safety Improvements 

for Surge Piles (C) (VC) ............... 10

Hidden Hazards – Pipeline Safety in the

Mining Industry (C/MNM) (IG)........ 32

Highwall Hazard Recognition (C/MNM)

(VC)............................... 10

Highwall Rescue Exercise (C) (NI)......... 63

HISTORICAL MATERIALS ............. 83

Hoisting (C/MNM) (CI).................. 32

Hot Shuttle Car (C) (NI) ................. 64

How to Tailor Off-The-Shelf Training 

Materials (C/MNM) (IG)............... 89

I Can’t Get Enough Air (C) (NI) ........... 64

Illumination in Underground Coal 

Mines (VC) ......................... 85

Inby Roof Support (VC) ................. 10

Industrial Hygiene for Healthier 

Miners (C/MNM) (SM) ................ 33

Industrial Hygiene for the Mining 

Industry (C/MNM) (PI) ................ 89

Industrial Hygiene: Sampling for 

Silica and Noise (IG) .................. 33

Industry Supervisory Training - 

Metal/Nonmetal (IG) .................. 33

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (IR) ....... 79

Injury Experience in Coal Mining,

1995-2001 (IR) ...................... 80

Injury Experience in Metallic Mineral 

Mining, 1995-2001 (IR)................ 80

Injury Experience in Nonmetallic Mineral

Mining (Except Stone and Coal), 

1995-2001 (IR) ...................... 81

Injury Experience in Sand and Gravel

Mining, 1995-2001 (IR)................ 81

Injury Experience in Stone Mining, 

1995-2001 (IR) ...................... 81

In jury Rate Prob lem at Maxmore Mine

(C) (NI) ............................ 65

Installation of MSHA-Accepted Ground Wire

Monitors, Guidelines for the (C) (IR) ..... 81

Instructor Training Workshop Guide (IG).... 33

Introduction to Metal/Nonmetal Mining:

A Programmed Text (PI) ............... 33

Introduction to Operator Air Sampling

Programs (IR)........................ 81

Introduction to Underground Coal 

Mining (PI) ......................... 89

Inundation of Water and Ignition –

Eyewitness Account (C) (VC)........... 10

Investigation of a Slip/Fall Accident

(C) (NI) ............................ 65

It Can Happen to You (C) (VC) .......... 11

Job Safety Analysis (C/MNM) (CI)......... 34

Job Safety Analysis (C/MNM) (SM)........ 34

Job Safety Analysis Process: A Practical

Approach, The (C/MNM) (IG) .......... 34

Laboratory Safety (C/MNM) (SM) ......... 90

Leroy’s Feeder Ac ci dent (C) (NI) .......... 65

Lin gering Smoke Ex er cise (C) (NI)......... 66

Locating and Rescue of Trapped Miners

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 11

Lock Out and Tag for Safety (VC) ......... 11

Low Coal Fire (C) (NI) .................. 66

Magic of Fire, The (C/MNM) (VC)......... 85

Magnitude of the Noise-Induced Hearing 

Loss Problem in the Mining Industries, 

The (IR) ............................ 81

Main Haulage Scaling (C) (NI) ............ 66

Maintaining Diesel Engines 

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 11

Man in the Bin (C/MNM) (NI) ............ 67

Management’s Role in Health and 

Safety (C) (VC) ...................... 85

Material Instability Hazards in MineProcessing Operations (IR) ............. 81

MERD - Mock Disaster (C) (VC) .......... 11

Milling and Crushing (MNM) (PI) ......... 90

106

 INDEX (BY TITLE)

Page Page 
Mine Electricity (C/MNM) (CI) ........... 34

Mine Emergency Ventilation (C/MNM) (CI) . . 34

Mine Escapeways (C/MNM) (SM) ......... 35

Mine Gases (C/MNM) (SM) .............. 35

Mine Gases (C) (PI)..................... 90

Mine Illumination (C) (IG) ............... 35

Mine Maps – Underground (C) (CI) ........ 35

Mine Rescue Training Modules (C/MNM) (IG). . 35

Mine Ventilation (C/MNM) (SM) .......... 90

Miners’ Health Pack, The (IG) ............ 35

Miners’ Rights and Responsibilities Under

the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 

of 1977, Guide to (C/MNM) (OT)........ 36

Mining Disasters (OT)................... 36

MSA W-65 Self-Rescuer (IG) ............. 36

MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MATERIALS . . 1

No Big Deal (C/MNM) (VC) ............. 12

Noise Exposure in U.S. Coal Mines (IR)..... 82

Oh! My Aching Back (C/MNM) (VC) ...... 85

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Anthracite and Bituminous Coal 

Preparation Plants and Shops (IG)........ 36

On-The-Job Training Modules - Cement (IG) . . 37

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Metal and Nonmetal Dredges (IG) ....... 37

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Metal/Nonmetal Inspectors (IG) ......... 37

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Sand, Gravel, and Crushed Stone (IG) .... 38

On-The-Job Training - Structuring 

Effective Programs (C/MNM) (IG) ....... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules - 

Surface Anthracite (IG) ................ 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Surface Coal (IG)..................... 38

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Surface Coal Mine Inspection (IG) ....... 39

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Surface Metal/Nonmetal (IG) ........... 39

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Underground Anthracite (IG) ........... 40

On-The-Job Training Modules – 

Underground Coal (IG) ................ 40

On-The-Job Training Modules – Underground Coal Mine Inspection (IG)........ 40

One Mission, One MSHA (C/MNM) ...... 12

Open-Pit Mining Hazards (MNM) (VC) ..... 85

Operation of the Quest Micro-15 

Noise Dosimeter (C/MNM) (VC) ........ 86

ORDER FORM ........................ 113

Orientation and Indoctrination of Safe 

Workmen (MNM) (VC)................ 86

OTHER SOURCES OF TRAINING

MATERIALS........................ v

Part 45 – Coal and Metal/Nonmetal 

Entry Level Training (CI) .............. 40

Part 46 Instructors Guide with 

Lesson Plans, 30 CFR (IG) ............. 41

Part 46 Starter Kit with Sample 

Training Forms, 30 CFR (IG) ........... 41

Part 46 Training Packet – Introduction 

to the Work Environment (IG)........... 41

Part 46 Training – Sand and Gravel Mines

(MNM) (IG)......................... 41

Part 48 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Recognition in the Mining Industry 

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 42

Part 48 Training - Coal (IG) .............. 42

Part 48 Training - Metal and Nonmetal (IG). . 42

Part 50 - Coal and Metal/Nonmetal (CI) ..... 43

Pathway to Safety 1 (VC) ................ 12

Permissibility - Electric Face 

Equipment (C/MNM) (SM)............. 43

Personal Protective Equipment (C/MNM) (SM) . 43

Pete’s Pre dic a ment: Un sup ported Roof 

(C) (NI) ............................ 67

Pipe Re pair Prob lem (C/MNM) (NI)........ 68

Pit Dis tri bu tion Trou ble shooting

(C/MNM) (NI)....................... 68

Plain Talk About a Serious Problem...

Silicosis (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 12

POCKET CARDS ...................... 49

Prep Plant Belt Problem (C/MNM) (NI) ..... 68

Presentations From the 1992 Coal Mining

Impoundment Informational Meeting (IR) . . 82

Principles of Mine Rescue (C/MNM) (IG) ... 43

107

INDEX (BY TITLE)

Page Page 
Problem in the Shop (C/MNM) (NI) ........ 69

Prob lem on Dragline #1 (C/MNM)) (NI) .... 69

Prob lem on the Belt Line (C/MNM) (NI) .... 70

Prob lem on the Cat walk (C) (NI) .......... 70

Problem on the Catwalk (Phosphate)

(MNM) (NI)......................... 70

Program Policy Manual (OT) ............. 44

Protective Canopy (A Survivor’s Story) (VC) . . 13

Radiation Hazards in Mining (SM) ......... 44

Raggs and Curly Guarding Exercise

(C) (NI) ............................ 71

REAP – Roof and Rib Fatalities – Coal

(VC) ............................... 86

Reason for Change (Canopy Save) (VC)..... 13

Recovery of Farmington #9 - An 

Interview With Danny Kuhn (VC) ....... 13

Reducing Dust Inside Enclosed Cabs

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 13

“Reflections” Mining History (C) (VC) .... 13

Repeat Violation Reduction Program

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 86

Repeat Violation Reduction Program (IG) ... 44

Respirators – Your Last Defense (VC) .... 14

Rock Falls - Preventing Rock Fall Injuries 

in Underground Mines (MNM) (VC) ..... 14

Roof and Rib Control (C) (CI)............. 44

Roof and Rib Control (C) (PI)............. 90

Roof and Rib Control (C) (VC) .......... 14

Roof and Rib Fall Accident Statistics, 

An Overview of (C) (VC) .............. 14

Roof Bolting in Coal Mines (VC) .......... 86

Roof Con trol at In ter sec tions Ex er cise

(C) (NI) ............................ 71

Roof Fall Entrapment (C) (NI) ............ 71

Roof Fall Entrapment: 

Eye Witness Accounts (C) (VC) ......... 14

Roof Fall Entrapment: 

Survivors’Accounts (C) (VC) ........... 15

Roof Support in a Primary Escapeway (C) (NI). . 72

Rubber-Tired Front-End Loader and

Forklift Truck Accident Prevention

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 44

Safety and Health Audit for Aggregate

Operators (MNM) (IG)................. 44

Safety and Health Audit for Aggregate

Operators - Long Version (MNM) (IG) .... 44

Safety Basketball (MNM) (IG) ............ 45

Safety Issues in Deep Cut Mining 

(Small Mines Tech Transfer) (VC) ....... 15

Safety Observation (C/MNM) (IG) ......... 45

Safety On or Near the Water 

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 15

Safety on the Move: Truck Haulage 

Safety (C/MNM) (VC)................. 15

Safety Practices in Low-Coal Mining (VC) ... 86

Safety Procedures in Kiln Rebricking

(MNM) (VC) ........................ 15

Safety Talk: The Emergency Communication

Triangle (C/MNM) (NI)................ 72

Safety Tips (Working Beside Highwalls)

(C/MNM) (VC)...................... 15

Sammy’s Loose Roof Decisions (C) (NI) .... 72

Sampling for Silica and Noise – A

Handbook for Metal/Nonmetal 

Miners and Mine Operators (IG) ......... 45

Scaling (VC) .......................... 16

Scientific Look at Back Belts (VC) ......... 16

Scoop Accident, First Aid Problem (C) (NI). . 73

Seat Belt Success Story - Part I - 

By Terry Sanders (C/MNM) (VC)........ 16

Seat Belt Success Story - Part II - (The 

Roger Newman Story) (C/MNM) (VC).... 16

Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs),

An Efficient Method for Donning

(C) (VC)............................ 16

Self-Contained Self-Rescuer (SCSR),

The Inspection, Care and Use of the

CSE SR-100 (C) (VC) ................ 16

Silicosis: A Preventable Disease (MNM) (VC) . 17

Slips, Trips, and Falls (VC) ............... 17

Slope Stability of Waste Dams and

Embankments (C/MNM) (VC) .......... 86

Small Mines Training (C) (IG) ............ 90

Smoke on the Sec tion (C) (NI) ............ 73

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Page Page 
Smoking Safety (C) [Pathway to

Safety 3] (VC)....................... 17

Stay Calm and Stay in the Cab! (VC) ....... 17

Stay Out of the Danger Zone (C) (VC) ...... 17

Stockpiling Safety (SM) ................. 45

Stop Silicosis (VC) ..................... 18

Strategies for Improving Miners’

Training (C/MNM) (IG) .............. 45

Substance Abuse Recognition for 

Supervisors (C/MNM) (CI) ............. 45

Supervisor’s Responsibilities in Roof 

Control (C) (VC) ..................... 87

Supervisory Training Program (C) (IG) ..... 46

Supervisory Training Series (MNM) (VC) ... 87

Surface Contractors Training 

Program (C/MNM) (OT) ............... 46

Surface Haulage Coal Mine Inspector

Training (CI) ........................ 46

Surface Haulage Metal/Nonmetal Mine

Inspector Training (CI) ................ 46

Surface Haulage Safety (C/MNM) (SM)..... 46

Surface Installations (C) (CI).............. 47

Surface Mining (PI) ..................... 90

Surface Powered Haulage Safety

(C/MNM) (IG)....................... 47

Surge Pile Survivor (C) (VC) ............ 18

Survey of Substance Abuse Programs in 

the Mining Industry, A (C/MNM) (OT) ... 47

Survivor Stories of the Coal Mining

Industry (C) (DVD) .................. 18

The Time Was Right! Mary Lou George

(C/MNM) (VC) ...................... 18

Timbering in Underground Anthracite

Mines (VC) ......................... 18

Tip ple Heater Ex er cise (MNM) (NI)........ 74

Tire and Rim Safety Awareness 

Program (C/MNM) (IG) ............... 47

Toolbox – Practical Ways to Reduce Exposure

to Diesel Exhaust in Mining (OT) ........ 47

Traffic Control at Surface Mines and

Installations, Guidelines for (C/MNM)

(OT) ............................... 47

Trailing Cable Electrical Problem

(C/MNM) (NI)....................... 74

Trailing Cable Repair (C) (NI) ............ 74

TRAINING MATERIALS ............... 21

Transportation and Communication in 

Underground Coal Mines (VC) .......... 87

TRAP – Take Responsibility for 

Accident Prevention (IG)............... 48

Traumatic Arm Amputation (C) (NI) - 

Role Play ........................... 75

Traumatic Head Injury (C) (NI)............ 75

Travel Through Smoke (C) (NI) ........... 75

Trouble-Shooting Guide for Roof 

Support Systems, A (IR) ............... 82

Truck Haulage Safety Series (C/MNM) (VC)

Brakes, Grades, and Runaways – 

 Highway Trucks.................... 18

Brakes, Grades, and Runaways –

 Off-Road Trucks ................... 19

Highway Haulage Truck Inspection

 Conducted by MSHA Inspectors ...... 19

Inspection of Off-Road Haulage Trucks

 by an MSHA Inspector .............. 19

Pre-Operation Inspection of Highway

 Haulage Trucks by the Driver ......... 19

Pre-Operation Inspection of Off-Road

 Haulage Trucks by the Driver ......... 19

Visibility and Communications:

 Off-Road and Highway Trucks ........ 19

Underground Coal Haulage and 

Transportation (PI).................... 90

Underground Coal Mine Blasting (VC)...... 87

Underground Electrical Safety (C) (VC)... 20

Underground Haulage, Transportation 

and Machinery (C) (CI) ................ 48

Understanding MSHA’s HazCom (OT).... 48

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) (NI)......... 76

Unsupported Roof Rescue (C) (NI) - 

Role Play ........................... 76

Vulcan Mine Ignition (C) (NI)............. 76

Vulcan Mine Recovery (C) (NI) ........... 77

Water Line Repair (C) (NI) ............... 77

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INDEX (BY TITLE)

Page Page 
What Does the Term Silicosis Mean 

to You? (C/MNM) (VC) ............... 20

What You Can’t See Could Kill Someone

[Pathway to Safety 2] (C/MNM) (VC) .... 20

Why Roof Control Plans (C) (VC) ......... 87

Winter Alert (C/MNM) (SM) ............. 48

Winter Alert (C) (VC) ................... 20

Winter Alert: The Sonman Mine

Disaster (C) (VC)..................... 20

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 INDEX (BY TITLE)

Page Page 
Alerta en los meses de invierno ............ 20

Cabina protectora (Historia de un 

superviviente)........................ 13

Capacitación de riesgos para los choferes de

camiones de reparto y de los clientes...... 5

Consejos de seguridad para trabajar al lado

de los frentes de corte alto .............. 15

Conservación de la Audición, Parte 62 

de MSHA (C/MNM) .................. 10

Derechos y Responsabilidades de los 

Mineros Sobre la Ley Fed eral de Seguridad 

y Salud en las Minas de 1977, Guía a

(C/MNM)........................... 36

Enfrentándose con Abusos de Sustancias 

en la Minería ........................ 25

Esto le puede pasar a usted ............... 11

Equipo Per sonal de Protección (C/MNM).... 43

Identificación de riesgos en frentes 

de corte alto ......................... 10

Información sobre riesgos químicos ........ 3

La seguridad en el agua o cerca de ella ...... 15

Las bermas adecuadas salvan vidas......... 8

¡Lo que no ve puede matar a alguien!

[Sendero hacia la seguridad 2]........... 20

Métodos de evaluación de riesgos químicos . . 4

Nada del Otro Mundo (C/MNM)........... 12

No se acerque a la zona de peligro ......... 18

Observación de Seguridad (C/MNM) ....... 45

Otra Salida del Sol: Una Llamada Importante

con una Pila de Regulación (C) .......... 2

Parte 46—Equipo para Empezar con

Muestras de Formularios de Enseñanza, 

30 CFR............................. 41

Parte 46—Guía por Instructores con Planes

por las Lecciones, 30 CFR.............. 41

Peligro oculto: Mejoras de seguridad 

para las pilas de regulación ............. 10

Polvo - El enemigo invisible............... 6

Polvo — ¡Lo Que Usted No Puede Ver Sí 

PUEDE Dañarse a Usted! (C) ........... 27

Preparación del carbón................... 25

Primeros Auxilios (C/MNM).............. 30

Programa de Concienciación de los peligros

del Cargador Frente-Extremo (C/MNM)... 30

Programa de Información Sobre Seguridad

en el uso de Neumáticos y Llantas........ 47

Protección contra caídas: Su línea de vida

hacia la seguridad..................... 7

¿Qué significa para usted la palabra 

silicosis?............................ 20

Reglamentos para motores diesel - 

Vehículos para servicio pesado .......... 5

Reglamentos para motores diesel - 

Vehículos para servicio ligero ........... 5

Respiradores–Su Última Defensa .......... 14

Riesgos y procedimientos de seguridad 

en pilas de regulación ................. 9

Salvaguardias por el Equipo, La Guía 

de MSHA (C/MNM) .................. 27

Seguridad con Incendios (C/MNM) ........ 29

Seguridad en los puntos de descarga:

pilas de almacenaje y de desperdicio

(carbón) ............................ 4

Seguridad en los puntos de descarga:

pilas de almacenaje y de desperdicio...... 6

Silicosis : una enfermedad que se 

puede prevenir ....................... 17

Tensión de Calor en la Minería (MNM) ..... 32

¡Tranquilícese y quédese en la cabina! ...... 17

Un cinturón de seguridad cumple 

su misión - Parte I - por Terry Sanders..... 16

Un cinturón de seguridad cumple su 

misión - Parte II - (La historia de 

Roger Newman)...................... 16

Un motivo para cambiar (la cabina 

salvadora)........................... 13

Una Misión, Una MSHA (C/MNM) ........ 12

Visibilidad y Comunicaciones: Camiones 

que Se Manejan Fuera de la Carreteara y 

Sobre la Carretera (C/MNM)............ 19

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